Wildfire Smoke, Trump Under Investigation, British PM in DC

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🗓️ 8 June 2023

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Much of the Northeast is blanketed in smoke from Canadian wildfires. Former President Trump's lawyers have been informed by the DOJ that he's a target of the Mar-A-Lago investigation. The British prime minister visits Washington DC to talk free trade and stress the importance of the "special relationship".

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0:00.0	Hundreds of American firefighters have been sent to help with the Canadian wildfires that
0:06.6	are sending smoke over much of the Northeast.
0:09.3	Air quality alerts have been issued from New York to South Carolina as far west as Indiana.
0:14.0	I'm Asma Khalid, that's A Martina's and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.2	Lawyers for former President Trump have been informed by the Justice Department that
0:24.8	he's a target in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation.
0:28.4	The next step could be charges against him.
0:31.1	Trump denies he's done anything wrong.
0:33.1	Will he be indicted?
0:34.1	And after a period of political turmoil, the British Prime Minister makes a visit to Washington
0:39.2	his goal when he meets the President?
0:41.3	Get the impression across that stability has been restored.
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1:09.4	Hundreds of U.S. firefighters are joining the battle against wildfires burning in Canada
1:14.0	and President Biden's offering additional support.
1:16.4	Yeah, this comes as people across much of the Eastern United States are waking up today
1:20.7	to dangerously polluted air.
1:23.3	The United States has been grounded, a New York Yankees game has been canceled and schools
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