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It's Thursday, March 7th. I'm Priyanka Arabindi.

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And I'm Juanita Talibor, and this is

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What a Day, where we're officially strapping

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in for the reboot of the 2020

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presidential election. Yeah, I am usually

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not a fan of the reboots. We are

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just gonna have to make sure that this

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one ends the exact same way that the

0:18

last one did. The same ending would be

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good, minus, you know, that little bit of

0:22

insurrection on January 6th. You know, we can

0:24

go without that part. Right you are. That

0:26

is the update I will accept. On

0:31

today's show, Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips

0:33

suspended their presidential runs. Plus, scientists

0:35

apparently learned nothing from Jurassic Park

0:38

because they say that they are

0:40

getting closer to reviving the extinct

0:42

woolly mammoth. But first, tonight, President

0:44

Biden delivers his third State of

0:46

the Union address ahead of this

0:48

November's presidential election. And his audience

0:51

isn't, well, exactly all in on

0:53

his vision for the country. It'll

0:55

include the Republicans who are trying

0:57

to impeach him through his son

0:59

Hunter. Axios reports that Republican

1:01

House Speaker Mike Johnson asked GOP members

1:04

to maintain decorum, but it's almost like

1:06

he doesn't know who's in his conference.

1:08

Like, have you seen these people? Have

1:10

you met these people? Laughable. Truly laughable.

1:13

The State of the Union is a

1:15

huge platform with enormous stakes. Because

1:18

it's the one time where you get a big

1:20

audience and you can take like however fractured the

1:22

country is, however frustrated people are, confusing things are.

1:24

You can tell a story that tries to get everyone kind

1:26

of on the same page. You're setting a course for the

1:29

country. That was former Obama speechwriter

1:31

Cody Keenan, who recently joined Inside 2024. That

1:33

is the exclusive series

1:35

for Friends of the Pod. Part of the

1:37

challenge for Biden tonight is to show people

1:39

that he has still got the energy for

1:41

the job. And as Keenan says, he also

1:43

has to convince the public that he's the

1:45

right choice. For the people out there,

1:48

and there are a lot who say, why

1:50

should I vote? Why does it matter?

1:53

Well, right. What do you care about? Because

1:56

I guarantee you, you care about at least

1:58

three things. And on those. Three

2:00

things. I will bet you there's

2:02

an enormous difference. Between. The two

2:04

candidates and there's a way to set out

2:06

all up in a way that's not partisan

2:08

political, but that makes it super clear. And

2:10

that's the type of thing that I would

2:12

expect to see. Contests. Contests

2:15

contests us exactly what president and it's

2:17

gonna be trying. To do with has

2:19

suddenly you're address fight fans. Also got

2:21

to get his progressive face bought an

2:23

and energized A and there are several

2:25

key issues. were activists will be listening

2:27

closely to what the President says from

2:29

immigration to the war in Gaza and

2:31

more and we wanted to know what

2:33

they were hoping to here tonight. Absolutely.

2:36

We started for a Swiss abortion which

2:38

is a topic that is covered extensively

2:40

for the past few years. Ansel, ever

2:42

since the Fall of Rome and Twenty

2:44

Twenty Two abortion advocates on the state

2:46

level have been fighting to protect. And

2:48

maintain a person's right to choose any

2:50

audience for biden. Tonight will be Texas

2:52

O B D Lion Doctor Austin Dennard

2:54

and Twenty Twenty Two. Just after Rochelle

2:57

daughter Dennard found out that she was

2:59

pregnant, but during a check up at

3:01

eleven Weeks, this happened. I was. Looking

3:03

at the ultrasound screen and realizing

3:05

that birthday be catastrophic diagnosis of

3:08

a crane you or in and

3:10

subtly. Which is the

3:12

most severe form of neural to

3:14

the effect that of. Pregnancy can

3:17

have that is a fatal diagnosis for

3:19

a seat s and Doctors in Art

3:21

found herself needing an abortion, but because

3:23

she was in Texas she needed to

3:25

travel elsewhere to get that kind of

3:27

care. and she describes how careful she

3:29

had to be given a seats criminal

3:31

penalties for anyone who assisted her. I

3:33

worried about whether or not we should

3:35

be fine airplane tickets on our family

3:37

credit card. because does that mean that

3:39

my husband's aiding and abetting nice? I

3:41

didn't want to go alone. He wanted

3:43

to come with me. To support for.

3:45

With that considered aiding and abetting on, we

3:48

were concerned about the safety. Of our family to

3:50

someone found out that I was going. On the state

3:52

for an abortion. Or they gonna

3:54

come after my family, my children. They try

3:56

to take my license away. On.

3:58

top of getting a fatal died for

4:00

her fetus. Now she had

4:03

to deal with the ridiculous harmful

4:05

laws that Texas has around seeking

4:07

abortion care. No one

4:09

should ever have to think about this

4:11

stuff. Her experience and the experience of

4:13

helping her patients who struggle to get

4:15

important reproductive care push her to become

4:17

more politically active and tonight she'll be

4:19

at the State of the Union as

4:21

a guest of her representative, Democratic congressman

4:24

and Ted Cruz's new Senate challenger Colin

4:26

Allred. Here is what she is hoping

4:28

to hear from President Biden tonight. We're

4:30

at a time now in Texas

4:32

where we've just hit rock

4:34

bottom. We have no

4:36

access to care. We are unable

4:39

to get any sort of reproductive

4:41

support. Abortion care is essentially abolished

4:43

in our state. I

4:45

hope he spends a significant amount

4:47

of time talking about reproductive care

4:49

and that there can be change

4:52

on the federal level because

4:54

really Roe was just the

4:56

beginning. So hearing him talk

4:59

about reproductive care and how

5:01

important it is for us to

5:03

have support is going to be key. Key

5:06

and a very relatable topic considering the

5:08

number of states in this country who

5:10

are trying to push forth abortion bans like

5:12

we've seen in Texas. Abortion bans

5:14

and these continued attacks I imagine Alabama

5:17

and latest IVF rulings there have even

5:19

more people interested in this so certainly

5:21

something people will be watching for.

5:23

Another issue progressives are watching is the

5:26

war in Gaza. You may remember that

5:28

the Listen to Michigan campaign was wildly

5:30

successful on Michigan's primary day. More than

5:32

100,000 voters cast uncommitted

5:35

ballots as a way to pressure the Biden

5:37

administration to take action to prevent more deaths

5:39

in Gaza. Leila Alabad is

5:42

the campaign manager for Listen to

5:44

Michigan. She's a Palestinian-American and longtime

5:46

community organizer. She also happens to

5:48

be the sister of Congresswoman Rashida

5:50

Talib. She spoke about what it was

5:52

like seeing the campaign exceed their original goal of 10,000 votes.

5:56

Just seeing that number rise up more and

5:58

more throughout the night. I.

6:00

Mean as felt really exciting

6:03

and felt really surreal. And

6:06

it felt really, really emotional. especially

6:08

as we can be emotional now.

6:10

And the movie gained more momentum

6:12

this week. On Super Tuesday, the

6:14

uncommitted campaign pulled in nineteen percent

6:16

of the democratic vote in Minnesota,

6:18

earning eleven delegates at the Democratic

6:20

National Convention and a similar movements

6:22

vote no preference that thirteen percent

6:24

of democratic votes in North Carolina

6:27

on Tuesday and nine percent of

6:29

the vote in Massachusetts. A law

6:31

that says that he hoped sets and nobody

6:33

will at least acknowledge the ultimate a movement

6:35

and a strong numbers of these protests votes.

6:37

but she also wants him to take it

6:39

a step further. I would hope that at

6:41

the seat of the Union. President.

6:44

Biden. Blade. No.

6:46

Longer take the stance that risk

6:48

our democracy. That take the stance

6:50

of what is right. Morally.

6:54

And. Ethically. And be

6:56

on the right side of history and

6:58

call for the end of our military

7:00

aid for Netanyahu to carry out his

7:03

war crimes. And since a man that

7:05

we have a permanent an immediate ceasefire

7:07

now to save as many lives as

7:10

possible, yeah, it seems like half measures

7:12

aren't gonna appeal to the listens miss

7:14

Again or other voters who voted uncommitted.

7:17

Definitely another issue that has become very

7:19

important to so much of the electorate

7:21

is immigration and a Gallup poll released

7:24

last week Americans actually said. That it

7:26

was. It's hot issue facing the country and

7:28

immigrants and cells. They some of the biggest

7:30

stage see or hear is brewed. a solid

7:33

A recipient of Doc Out or deferred action

7:35

for Childhood Arrivals That is the Obama Era

7:37

program that protects undocumented immigrants who came to

7:39

the Us as children. There's a very real

7:42

chance that.have had go away. That's the reality

7:44

that we're facing when you have right wing

7:46

attacks on programs that are so important to

7:49

so many people. Solid. As the

7:51

political director at the Immigrant rights group United

7:53

We Dream action. Right now the legality of

7:55

data is stuck in the courts. And last

7:58

September as Federal Judge in Texas. The

8:00

old it unlawful. That decision is being appealed

8:02

and eventually the case could make it's way

8:04

to the supreme court. In. The

8:06

short Term Solid is looking for President Biden

8:09

to implement administrative policies that would help immigrants

8:11

continue to support themselves Here There are things

8:13

the by administration can do: administrative policies to

8:15

ensure that people are getting their work permits.

8:18

A delay in a work permit can mean

8:20

people are fired. That's a very real thing

8:22

that docker recipients your west. When there were

8:24

no don't come in and time a lot

8:27

of their companies have to let them go.

8:29

And so what does that look like when

8:31

you don't have a job and can't pay

8:33

your bills can support your loved ones. So

8:35

there are. Administrative things that the administration

8:38

can do to be supporting immigrants. But she

8:40

also says that when she hears the President

8:42

speak tonight, she doesn't want him to get

8:44

roped into talking about immigration in a way

8:46

that Republicans have painted it as just this

8:48

crisis at the border. We know that oftentimes

8:50

presidents who are running will go to the

8:52

middle. They'll try to go out after those

8:54

voters. Especially when you think about President Biden.

8:56

I'm sure he thinking about what who are

8:58

the never trump or his right leg or

9:00

there folks that would vote for Biden And

9:02

so I think his strategy. sometimes these like

9:04

okay well I think look tough on immigration.

9:07

The. Reality is the he actually need to

9:09

speak to the progressive voters on the left.

9:11

the voters who time and time again over

9:13

the last few years weather was. Twenty.

9:15

Eighteen Twenty Twenty Twenty Twenty

9:18

Two turned out for Democrats.

9:20

Based on up progressive agenda that

9:23

actually excited people, those are the

9:25

same people that turned out. And.

9:27

Said to the streets when the Muslim

9:30

ban came out under Trump when Dhaka

9:32

was being taken away by Trump, there

9:34

were a lot of allies. A.

9:36

Lot of voters who came out. In support

9:38

of pro immigrant policies. And

9:41

so for hims just focus on.

9:43

The. Border or to just use again.

9:45

Talking points from the Trump Administration:

9:47

It doesn't work for the voters.

9:50

the multiracial class of voters. The

9:52

he actually needs a turnout in

9:54

November and need to when. Hey,

9:56

don't forget about the ones who brung. Yeah,

9:58

right like i thought out with the tone

10:00

of this entire segment. So I appreciate

10:02

her saying that. One

10:05

last issue that we heard from activists

10:07

on student loans and the economy. President

10:09

Biden promised to cancel the debt of

10:11

millions. The Supreme Court blocked plans to

10:13

make it universal, but Biden has canceled

10:15

nearly $140 billion in

10:18

student loans and Braxton Brewington from

10:20

the nonprofit debt collective said the

10:22

president should tout that tonight. President

10:24

Biden has really started to

10:27

clean up the mess of

10:29

student debt, public service

10:31

loan forgiveness, income driven repayment, these

10:33

types of programs that were not

10:36

working under the Trump administration and

10:38

were being held up even under

10:40

the Obama administration. But

10:42

Brewington hopes that the president says that

10:44

he's not done and that he'll continue to

10:46

fight to end student debt, despite obstacles from

10:48

the court. On top of student

10:51

debt, however, Brewington said that it's important that

10:53

Biden speaks to how America has become unaffordable

10:55

for so many and that he pledges to

10:57

address that. The truth is the

11:00

economy doesn't work for working people.

11:02

Wages are stagnant and way too

11:04

low. We have a

11:06

healthcare housing and education system that

11:08

riddles people with mountains of debt

11:10

before they are able to do

11:12

things like start a small business

11:15

or start a family or a

11:17

good home. And

11:19

so it would be great to

11:21

hear an affirmation of the economy

11:23

not working for working people. And

11:26

when people are gaslit

11:29

into thinking that this

11:31

economy is great, when truly people are working

11:33

two or three jobs to get ahead, people

11:35

aren't going to want to hear that. Yeah,

11:38

definitely something he will be needing to address

11:40

because there are a lot of differing

11:43

feelings about numbers and figures that we

11:45

see versus how people feel

11:48

in the real world. Right. Those

11:50

are the voices of just some of the many activists

11:52

who we talk to about the issues that they are

11:54

passionate about and what they are looking to hear tonight.

11:57

President Biden will get his State of the Union address

11:59

tonight. 9 p.m. Eastern 6 p.m.

12:01

Pacific and then right afterwards Katie Brit

12:04

who is a Republican senator from Alabama

12:06

will give her party's response. You

12:08

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Super Tuesday

15:36

delivered what we all expected. Donald Trump

15:38

widened his lead over his former UN

15:40

ambassador Nikki Haley, who bowed out of

15:42

the race yesterday morning. In her

15:45

farewell speech, Haley did not endorse

15:47

Trump, who has routinely belittled her

15:50

campaign, her husband, her identity and

15:52

so much more. Speaking of which,

15:54

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did

15:57

endorse Trump after years of Trump

15:59

lovingly. calling McConnell names like a

16:01

quote, old broken down crow. I

16:04

feel like that's something out of game of throw. It's

16:07

a little creative. I got to give

16:09

that to him. I've never heard that

16:11

elsewhere. So Trump mostly zipped up the

16:13

nomination on the Republican side and president

16:15

Biden did the same on the Democratic

16:17

side. Representative Dean Phillips suspended his ultra

16:20

long shot campaign, but his tone towards

16:22

Biden was much warmer in his concession

16:24

remarks and he endorsed the president and

16:26

finally in one of the night's most

16:28

watched Senate primaries, California representative Adam Schiff

16:30

and Republican slash former major league baseball

16:33

player, Steve Garvey, advanced to the runoff

16:35

in November. That race will decide who

16:37

will fill the Senate seat vacated by the

16:39

late Diane Feinstein. A Russian

16:42

missile strike yesterday landed several hundred feet

16:44

from the motorcade of Ukrainian president, Vladimir

16:46

Zelensky. Zelensky was in Odessa, which is

16:48

a port community on the black sea,

16:50

and he was visiting with Reese's prime

16:52

minister. Neither of the two leaders were

16:54

injured, though five people were killed in

16:56

the strike and more wounded, according to

16:58

a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy. We

17:00

spoke with CNN, the Russian military claims

17:02

credit for the strike in a statement

17:04

that they didn't say that they were

17:07

targeting Zelensky. And another

17:09

strike just under 2000 miles away,

17:11

a missile launched by Hootie militants in

17:13

Yemen hit a commercial vessel in the

17:15

Gulf of Aden yesterday and killed three

17:17

people. That's according to the U.S. military

17:19

central command for others were injured with

17:22

three in critical condition. The

17:24

deadly attack marks the first known fatalities of

17:26

the rebel groups missile strikes on shipping vessels,

17:28

which began in the wake of Israel's war

17:31

against Hamas in Gaza. Following the

17:33

attacks, Iran stated that they will seize the

17:35

$50 million shipment of crude oil that was

17:37

meant for Chevron Corporation. New

17:39

York Governor Kathy Hochul announced yesterday that she

17:41

will deploy 1000 members

17:44

of the state police and National

17:46

Guard to patrol the already overpoliced

17:48

New York City subway system. This

17:51

decision follows a 13% year on year

17:53

rise in transit crime through March 3rd.

17:56

Take a listen to what she said at

17:58

her press conference yesterday. There's a psychological. The

18:00

impact. People. Worry they

18:02

can be next Anxieties: Higgs

18:04

holes. And. Riding the subway

18:06

which is simply be part of

18:08

your everyday life. To. Silver

18:10

stress and trepidation. She thinks

18:12

that. Stress and carbonation will decrease. With

18:15

a thousand police. Officers and

18:17

national guard people like sobbing and

18:19

frisking since the visceral of on

18:21

the subway like was. Make it

18:23

make any sense, but we can't forget

18:25

about the role. November Twenty Twenty four

18:28

place here. Hopeless decision proceeds. an election

18:30

in which state democrats worry about coming

18:32

across as soft on crime. And.

18:34

Lastly, a Texas based company is

18:37

building on the pioneering work of

18:39

Doctor Frankenstein and attempting to bring

18:41

a giant back from the dead.

18:43

Great! The company's colossal by Sciences

18:45

calls itself a quote D X

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Things and Company. Okay if

18:49

you never saw Jurassic has. Doesn't

18:52

a moment you should be afraid of

18:54

What in a world? It

18:56

climbed yesterday. It made progress towards

18:59

this goal of resurrecting woolly mammoth

19:01

or at least making harry Elephants

19:03

or look like mammoth if you

19:05

squint wrong. Here are the details

19:07

and a paper that has not

19:09

been peer reviewed. Yeah, Colossal Scientists

19:11

say they managed to make what

19:14

are called induced pluripotent stem cells

19:16

have an Asian Elephant. The cells

19:18

can theoretically differentiate into any animal,

19:20

so hide and that's a key

19:22

element to Colossus plan which is

19:24

essentially to create modified Asian. all

19:26

of them with woolly mammoth like

19:28

trades. I eat lots and lots

19:31

of hair. Many many steps remain

19:33

in between themselves. under twelve foot

19:35

tall for a monsters roaming the

19:37

icy tundra Causal thinks is so

19:39

called mammoth. Climate hims by stomping

19:41

down permafrost in the Arctic and

19:43

stopping it from falling. I already

19:46

know what works so way they

19:48

think it works. Know also this

19:50

is in Texas and they're doing

19:52

stem cell research and taxes alive

19:54

but allow why haven't. they been set

19:56

down are criminally charged or you know what

19:59

republicans loves it Do? So... No.

20:02

Well, those are the headlines. One

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And enjoy the reboot of 2020. No

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pandemic, please. No pandemic. Oh, no pandemic, but

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also to the 25% of voters who

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did it for progress said didn't know this is

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what was happening. Wake up people. I

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wonder, have they had themselves a

21:05

rude awakening? I don't know.

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Today is a production of Cricut Media. It's

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