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WATCH: President Biden Marks 1 Year Anniversary Of Coronavirus Pandemic

BPR News | By Matt Bush
Published March 11, 2021 at 2:45 PM EST
Noah Fortson/NPR

President Biden is giving the first prime-time address of his presidency to mark one year of the coronavirus pandemic, a day after Congress passed a massive relief package. More than 500,000 people have died from the virus in the U.S.The president's remarks are scheduled to begin around 8 p.m. Thursday.  You can watch them below.  Blue Ridge Public Radio will also air NPR's live special coverage of the speech on both of its channels.
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Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.
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