100K Daily Cases Possible, New NAFTA & Baseball is Back- Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, July 1st, 2020!
We're covering:
- the newest prediction for the pandemic
- a historic trade deal taking effect today
- why China's crackdown on Hong Kong comes at such a significant time
- which airline will stop blocking middle seats
- Major League Baseball beginning its comeback
- what Bob Dylan just accomplished before anyone else
...and more in just 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Fauci: Cases Could Hit 100,000 Per Day: WSJ, FOX News, AP, Reuters, Axios
Case Count/Death Toll: Johns Hopkins
Lawmakers Push Mask Wearing: AP, WaPo, Politico
Vaccine Must be 50% Effective: WSJ, Reuters, USA Today
USMCA Goes into Effect: Politico, CNN, USMCA
China Passes Hong Kong Security Law: Reuters, BBC, NY Times, CNN
Carl Reiner Dies: TMZ, NY Times, Reuters, USA Today
AA to Book Flights to Capacity Again: AP, USA Today, American Airlines
MLB Spring Training 2.0: NBC Sports, AP, CBS Sports
Minor Leagues Canceled: AP, CNN, USA Today
Red Light Could Preserve Vision: Newsweek, CNN, Gizmodo, Study
YouTube TV Raises Monthly Rate: TechCrunch, Mashable, Engadget, YouTube
Bob Dylan Milestone: NME, NY Times, Billboard
Work Wednesday: Microsoft Launches Job Skills Initiative: Microsoft, Engadget, TechCrunch
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, July 1st. |
| 0:02.0 | We'll explain the newest prediction for the pandemic. |
| 0:04.1 | A historic trade deal taking effect today. |
| 0:06.5 | And why China's crackdown on Hong Kong comes at such a significant time. |
| 0:10.7 | Plus which airlines are and are not blocking middle seats now. Major League Baseball |
| 0:14.8 | begins its comeback and what Bob Dylan just accomplished before anyone else. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:23.2 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.6 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:29.3 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:30.9 | You ready? |
| 0:31.8 | Let's do this. |
| 0:33.0 | Yet again, the United States broke a record for the most COVID-19 cases confirmed in one day. |
| 0:41.0 | That was the fourth time in the last week the US broke |
| 0:43.8 | the single day record. It was reached with 48,000 new infections reported just |
| 0:48.4 | yesterday. But still it could get worse. The nation's top infectious disease |
| 0:51.9 | expert says if recent outbreaks are not contained, |
| 0:54.8 | we could end up more than doubling that latest record with 100,000 new cases daily. |
| 1:00.3 | Dr. Anthony Fauchy was back on Capitol Hill to talk about reopening schools and workplaces, |
| 1:05.0 | but he ended up talking about what he called the very disturbing trends he's seeing right now. |
| 1:10.0 | And even though most spikes have been happening in the South and West, he says the entire U.S. is vulnerable. |
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