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Mitch McCann: US correspondent on Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the US Congress · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Mitch mccamps with us this morning. Benjamin Nittanya, who's going
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  Speaker 1: to speak to Congress.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, Good morning, Ryan, Benjaminina, who is in
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  Speaker 2: Washington today. He's addressing Congress on the ongoing war in
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  Speaker 2: Gaza and me waning support for Israel in parts of
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  Speaker 2: the US. NTNA, who was invited the Speaker of the House,
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  Speaker 2: Mike Johnson, and on the plane over to America, he
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  Speaker 2: wore a hat with the words total victory emblazoned across
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  Speaker 2: the top of it. And despite that invitation from the Speaker,
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  Speaker 2: at least thirty Democratic lawmakers will not be attending, including
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  Speaker 2: Bernie Sanders, Ryan, who described NTNIA who as a war
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  Speaker 2: criminal presiding over an extreme white ring right winning government.
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  Speaker 2: And we've also seen large protests across Washington, DC today
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  Speaker 2: with an estimated five thousand people taking to the streets.
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  Speaker 1: That's so he's into provoking them too with that hat.
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  Speaker 1: By the sounds of it, Biden is going to address
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  Speaker 1: the country for the first time about his decision not
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  Speaker 1: to run for reelection.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. Obviously, that decision came on the weekend
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  Speaker 2: after weeks of escalating pressure after that June debate, A
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  Speaker 2: social media message he posted, Joe Biden conceded it was
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  Speaker 2: in his parties and the country's best interests for him
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  Speaker 2: not to seek reelection, and the same message he said
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  Speaker 2: he would speak in greater detail later in the week.
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  Speaker 2: Now that's happening today around two pm New Zealand time.
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  Speaker 2: It's taking place in the Oval Office of the White House.
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  Speaker 2: These are rare presidential addresses, but it's actually the second
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  Speaker 2: one he's made in a couple of weeks. The first
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  Speaker 2: one was, of course, after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 2: It's reported that Joe Biden and a close aid began
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  Speaker 2: writing this speech almost immediately after his decision was made public.
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  Speaker 2: As well as explaining his reasoning, Joe Biden is expected
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  Speaker 2: to detail what his priorities are for the remainder of
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  Speaker 2: his term just a few months.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I guess the other thing, Mitch is he
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  Speaker 1: has to show that he's up to doing the job
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  Speaker 1: through till January. Mitch, thank you very much for your time.
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  Speaker 1: Mitch McCann, our US correspondent.
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