2 Mass Shootings, Flyboard Record & Instagram Name Change - Monday, August 5th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, August 5th, 2019!
What to know today about the two mass shootings within 13 hours over the weekend: what happened, what conversation is happening now and how community members are helping out.
Then, we'll lighten things up with other news, like a record-breaking hoverboard flight, a name-change to Instagram and more... in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Sources:
2 Mass Shootings: AP, NBC News, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, USA Today
Hong Kong Strike: NYT, CNN, Washington Post
Record Hoverboard Flight: CNN, Gizmodo, The Guardian, Thrillist
Flying Car Demonstration: AP
Instagram Name Change: The Verge, TechRadar, The Information, CNET
Victoria's Secret Transgender Model: Harpers Bazaar, Hollywood Reporter
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, August 5th. |
| 0:02.6 | What to know today about two mass shootings within 13 hours, |
| 0:06.3 | from what happened to the conversation now, |
| 0:08.6 | and how the people in the affected communities |
| 0:10.6 | are setting out to help. |
| 0:12.3 | Plus, we'll lighten things up with a record-breaking hoverboard flight, a name change to |
| 0:16.5 | Instagram, and so much more. |
| 0:18.6 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:23.5 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.8 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:28.5 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:29.5 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:31.1 | You ready? |
| 0:32.0 | Let's do this. Unfortunately today we start with not one |
| 0:39.3 | but two mass shootings that happened in less than 24 hours over the weekend. |
| 0:44.5 | In total at least 29 people are dead and more than 50 were hurt. |
| 0:48.9 | The first one happened in El Paso, Texas near the US-Mexico border. |
| 0:53.0 | NBC News reports a gunman went into a Walmart Saturday morning and opened fire. |
| 0:57.2 | 20 people were killed, and more than two dozen were seriously hurt. |
| 1:01.2 | The 21-year-old suspect from the Dallas area surrendered to responding |
| 1:04.7 | officers and is now in custody. Yes, he's alive. Of course, the investigation is |
| 1:09.3 | still going on, but that suspect has been linked to a manifesto posted online about 20 minutes |
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