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Anti-abortion rights activists march toward the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2019 March for Life in Washington, D.C. President Trump spoke at this year's rally on Friday. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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President Trump To Face Friendly Crowd At March For Life

Trump has addressed the annual march remotely before, but Friday marked the first time a sitting president has spoken in person at the anti-abortion rights event.

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Sose - Instrumental Indius
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Never Catch Me Flying Lotus & Kendrick Lamar
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John Boy Brad Mehldau
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Ballicki Bone Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
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City Music Kevin Morby

Anti-abortion rights activists march toward the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2019 March for Life in Washington, D.C. President Trump spoke at this year's rally on Friday. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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President Trump Faces Friendly Crowd At March For Life

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Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor was convicted in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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Pharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial

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Quest For Coin Ezra Collective
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The Philosopher Ezra Collective
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Sleepyhead Symphony Clever Girl
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Teleblister Clever Girl
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Donegan's Blues Dorothy Donegan
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I Just Want to Sing Dorothy Donegan
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No Smoking Allowed Here
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Etudes (10) for Piano: Etude no 2

Six-year-old Jerry Morrison and his uncle Joey Jefferson, a NASA engineer, talk about their mutual love for learning about space, in November 2019 at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles. Courtesy of the Morrison family hide caption

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A NASA Engineer Tells 6-Year-Old Nephew To Aim High

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Lahaina Blue Dot Sessions
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One Hunit Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
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5 - 4 = Unity Pavement
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Water Ripples Enno Aare
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Cascades Fleet Foxes
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Forgiveness Soular Order
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Sea Shores Soular Order
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Weekend Wars MGMT

A photograph of Vladimir Munk, (center), taken in March 1938 before the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia. After being imprisoned in concentration camps for years, Munk returned to his hometown of Pardubice, Czechoslovakia in May 1945 (right). Emily Russell/NCPR hide caption

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Holocaust Survivor Returning To Auschwitz: 'It's Like Going To The Family Cemetery'

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