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COY WIRE: Hello, hello, hello.

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We made it.

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Friday is here, the most
wonderful time of the week.

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And it's been an awesome one.

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We've had some
fun, learned a lot.

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And I've even got
to meet one of you

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from Booker T.
Washington Magnet High

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School in Montgomery, Alabama.

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What's up, Asia?

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And Dr. Simone Thomas,
thanks for making

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us part of your class
each and every day.

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All right.

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We're starting today with the
latest news from Capitol Hill,

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where the CEO of TikTok
is facing withering

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criticism from lawmakers.

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The app, which has a reported
150 million users in the United

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States alone, is
facing a potential US

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ban over national
security concerns.

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This stems from the fact
that its parent company,

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ByteDance, is based in China.

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And on Thursday, some lawmakers
made their case at the TikTok

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congressional hearing.

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CATHY ROGERS: We do
not trust TikTok will

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ever embrace American values--

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values for freedom, human
rights, and innovation.

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TikTok has repeatedly
chosen the paths

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for more control,
more surveillance,

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and more manipulation.

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Your platform should be banned.

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COY WIRE: Now, the CEO, Shou
Chew, is pushing back hard,

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saying the app is not a vehicle
for the Chinese government

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to spy or spread propaganda
in the United States,

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and that its new
security model has

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American users' data
being stored in America

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by an American company.

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Here's part of his
testimony yesterday.

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SHOU CHEW: The bottom line
is this, American data stored

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on American soil by
an American company

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overseen by American personnel.

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We call this initiative
Project Texas.

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That's where Oracle
is headquartered.

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Today, US TikTok data is stored
by default in Oracle service.

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Only vetted personnel
operating in a new company,

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called TikTok US
Data Security, can

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control access to this data.

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COY WIRE: Let's go to Business
writer Clare Duffy for more.

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CLARE DUFFY: Yeah.

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It does sort of feel
like deja vu from 2020.

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We were having a lot of
these same conversations

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about whether TikTok
would be banned in the US,

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except for now, it is
so much more popular

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than it was even back then.

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- TikTok.

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COY WIRE: Here's what you
need to know about TikTok

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and why there's so much
pressure to ban it.

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JOHN THUNE: But I'm particularly
concerned about TikTok

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connections to the
Chinese Communist Party,

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which repeatedly--

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CLARE DUFFY: So there are a
range of concerns about TikTok.

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But the main concern is really
rooted in TikTok connection

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to China.

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TikTok's parent company,
ByteDance, is based in China.

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And lawmakers are concerned
that the Chinese government

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could use that connection
to access US user data.

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COY WIRE: TikTok collects a
range of data from its users,

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including user's location, IP
addresses, what type of device

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they're using, and
even what users

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are typing on their keyboards.

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Under Chinese
Communist Party laws,

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the Chinese
government can demand

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TikTok hand over that data.

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CLARE DUFFY: And so it's
really a range of data.

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And some of it
you could say, you

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know, what is the
Chinese Communist Party

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really going to do with
what kind of device

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I'm accessing TikTok on?

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But I think the concern is
that some of that information,

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like location
data, could be used

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for intelligence operations for
certain folks using the app.

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That's why a lot of
state governments

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have banned government
officials from using

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the app on their phone.

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COY WIRE: Those concerns
aren't without merit.

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In December of 2022,
ByteDance admitted

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that employees
within the company

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had accessed the
personal data of at least

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two foreign journalists,
including information

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about their location.

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OLIVER DOWDEN: We are also
going to ban the use of TikTok

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on government devices.

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COY WIRE: The US government,
its military, multiple state

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governments, the EU, UK, and
Canada have all restricted

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the use of TikTok in
government devices,

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citing security concerns.

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CLARE DUFFY: There's
also a concern

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that the Chinese government
could force TikTok to spread

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propaganda to US users.

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And that would affect
users much more broadly

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than just government officials.

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- We have never shared data
with the Chinese government,

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correct?

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- With the Chinese
Communist Party.

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- Yes, correct.

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COY WIRE: TikTok's
chief operating officer

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told Congress that the company
would not give US user data

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to the Chinese
government but avoided

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saying whether or not
its parent company,

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ByteDance, would do the same.

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- That's not-- that's
not my question.

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That's not my question.

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My question is, does
any employee who has

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access to US user
data, are they members

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of the Chinese Communist Party?

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COY WIRE: China has
said numerous times

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that fears about the
government's influence

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are overblown.

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WANG WENBIN:
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

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COY WIRE: In the
end, it's pretty safe

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to say that if TikTok was
owned by a US-based company,

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you wouldn't be hearing anything
at all about national security

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concerns.

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After all, many
apps on your phone

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are already collecting
similar data that TikTok

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does, including your location.

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CLARE DUFFY: It's
a question of how

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much you're comfortable
with your data

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being shared with any app.

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I think it's a question
that people should be asking

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about all of their app usage.

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And you should be paying
attention to the settings

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that you have in your apps.

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Do you-- how much do
you allow your apps

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to access your location
data or your contacts?

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Are you comfortable with that?

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I think this is something that
people should be thinking about

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with TikTok but
also beyond TikTok,

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with all the apps that
they use on their phones.

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COY WIRE: 10-second trivia.

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What's the largest country
in Western Europe--

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the United Kingdom,
Spain, Germany, or France?

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At over 200,000-square
miles, France

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is about the size of 1 and 1/2
Californias or two Colorados.

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We're heading to France now,
where the country continues

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to face ongoing protests
over the government's plan

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to overhaul the pension system.

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The government wants to
change the national retirement

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age from 62 to 64.

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And the government says the
current system is already not

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economically
sustainable and says

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that citizens are
living longer now,

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so something needs to change.

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Here's CNN's senior
international correspondent

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Sam Kiley on the ground
in Paris with more.

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SAM KILEY: Violent protests
garbage on the street

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and two no confidence votes.

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President Macron's plan to
overhaul the French pension

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system has caused uproar.

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But why all the fuss?

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[CHANTING]

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As France's population ages
and the French live longer,

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the government here says that it
can't afford the pension scheme

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that allows retirement at 62.

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So it's raising the majority
pensionable age to 64.

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Opponents of the reform argue
that the changes will hit

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blue-collar workers, because
they start work earlier

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in life, and women unfairly.

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The opposition has
been vocal and strikes

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have hit across the
country since mid-January.

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Parisian streets
have been choked

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with 10,000 tons of
rubbish as a result

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of a garbage collectors strike.

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The public transport and
even the oil industry

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have been affected.

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Aside from the content of
the reforms, many in France

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have been upset by
the manner in which

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they've been rammed through
without parliamentary support.

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Fearing that the law wouldn't
secure a majority vote

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for pension reform in
the National Assembly,

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Macron's prime minister invoked
a constitutional mechanism

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that allows the
president to force

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fiscal legislation onto the
statute book without a vote.

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And that sparked nationwide
demonstrations and violence

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in Paris, especially.

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On Monday, the government
survived two National

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Assembly no confidence votes.

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The bills are now
likely to become law

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and Macron faces opposition
from the French far-right,

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the far-left, and a sizeable
chunk of the center.

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And the angers against the
reforms show no signs of ending

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and could hobble his second
term in the Elysee Palace.

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COY WIRE: Today's story
getting a 10 out of 10,

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it's unbearably cute.

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How would you like to become
a professional bear hugger?

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Yep, that's right.

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It's possible to get paid
to give literal bear hugs.

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The details of New
Mexico Department of Game

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and Fishes job listing
for conservation officer

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includes the willingness to
crawl into bear dens and hug

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baby bears like this one.

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Look at those cute little paws.

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But my question is,
wouldn't mama bear

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be a little upset about this?

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I'm cool.

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I'm going to just stick with
virtual bear hugs and air hugs

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to all of you.

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Shout out today going to the
Hong Kong International School.

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What's up, Milan?

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in North Carolina.

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Rise up and thanks
for my sweet tee.

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Go, Bengals.

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Today is Friday, lovely people.

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Remember, you are more
powerful than you know.

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I'm Coy Wire.

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It's been a blessing to
spend this week with you.

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