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00:00Social Security is more than a government program. It's a sacred promise.
00:05Former President Joe Biden back on the national stage Tuesday night in Chicago
00:10as he and other Democrats accuse the Trump administration of trying to cut Social Security.
00:16Fewer than 100 days this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction.
00:26The first and only time in history that Social Security benefits may be delayed or interrupted.
00:32Many have complained of long wait times on the phone and problems with the Social Security website.
00:38The White House insists it will protect the critical program.
00:42President Trump is absolutely certain about protecting Social Security benefits
00:48for law-abiding, tax-paying American citizens and seniors who have paid into this program.
00:54Biden's speech comes the same day President Trump signed a new executive order
00:59aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from receiving the benefits.
01:04The White House also expanding a program to prosecute anyone engaging in Social Security fraud.
01:10Biden accused the administration of going after America's most vulnerable citizens.
01:15They want to wreck it so they can rob it.
01:18They want to make permanent the 2017 tax cuts which overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest Americans
01:25and the biggest corporations.
01:27The Trump administration has announced plans to lay off around 7,000 Social Security employees
01:33but says it has no plans to cut benefit payments.
01:37In New York, Conor Hanson, Fox News.