6 PM ET: Shutdown avoided, Christmas market attack, new rules for “healthy” foods & more

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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House Speaker Mike Johnson secured enough votes to pass a government spending bill hours before the deadline. Authorities in Germany say at least two people are dead after a driver plowed into a crowd. A US delegation met with the leader of a rebel group that has taken control in Syria. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing several US banks over their handling of fraud on Zelle. Plus, the Food and Drug Administration has updated its standards for “healthy” foods for the first time in 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.6	From CNN, I'm a FOMADK, with the five things you need to know for Friday, December 20th.
0:34.6	The House has passed the GOP's latest proposal to avoid a shutdown hours before a midnight deadline.
0:41.4	34 Republicans voted against it.
0:43.9	The short-term bill, which now goes to the Senate before President Joe Biden signs it into law,
0:49.0	would keep the government funded into March.
0:51.7	It includes disaster relief in farming provisions, but does not suspend the
0:55.9	debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump has been demanding. Authorities say a car plowed
1:02.2	into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magneburg, Germany, killing an adult and toddler and
1:07.4	injuring dozens more, according to the regional prime minister. Local emergency services are calling the incidents an attack.
1:14.6	CNN's Fred Pliken has more.
1:17.6	We know that the driver is currently in custody.
1:19.6	We know that the vehicle that was used was a black BMW that raced into that crowd.
1:24.6	And of course, we saw that a devastating video of the crowd just barreling through that Christmas market.
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