Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant

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🗓️ 17 December 2024

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President-elect Donald Trump has been holding court at Mar-a-Lago since his election victory. CEOs, foreign leaders and lawmakers have all made the trip to South Florida. He talked about his visitors and other issues in a post election news conference yesterday. Two people were killed when a student opened fire at a Wisconsin school. The alleged shooter is also dead. A gene-edited pig kidney has for the first time been transplanted into a human.

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0:00.0	CEOs and foreign leaders have been visiting Mar-a-Lago.
0:06.2	Some kept their distance from President Trump in his first term, but are now trying to get close enough to persuade him.
0:11.5	What did he say about his visitors and other things in a post-election news conference?
0:15.0	I'm Steven Skiy with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.2	Here is how the day unfolded at a Wisconsin school.
0:25.1	A second grade student called 911 to report a shooting at school.
0:32.3	What do police know about the student to open fire, killing two people, and then herself?
0:37.1	And a gene-edited pig kidney has for the first time been transplanted into a human.
0:42.2	Feel like a whole new person like I've got a second chance in life.
0:45.6	What does this mean for people desperately waiting for an organ?
0:48.4	Stay with us.
0:49.2	We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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1:39.8	I'm Jesse Thorne.
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