Acosta Controversy, Pentagon's 'War Cloud' & Last VW Beetle - Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, July 10th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about the controversy surrounding the U.S. Secretary of Labor, and what a court decided about Trump's Twitter use.
Plus: a new development in the race to space, we're explaining the new 'Uber Comfort' option, and there's another new video subscription service on its way.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Acosta Controversy: WSJ, AP, Reuters, The Hill
Ross Perot Died: CNN, WSJ, AP, FOX Business
Trump's Twitter Ruling: Washington Post, Fox News, USA Today, New York Times
DMV & Facial Recognition: Washington Post, NPR
Pentagon's "War Cloud": AP
Virgin Galactic Going Public: NPR, CNBC, WSJ
Uber Comfort: The Verge, Engadget, CNN
Last VW Beetle: TechCrunch, CBS News
MLB All-Star Game: CBS Sports, USA Today
Friends & HBO Max: People, CNBC
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, July 10th. |
| 0:04.0 | Who on Capitol Hill is now facing calls to resign, |
| 0:07.0 | and what a court ruling just said about Trump's Twitter. |
| 0:09.8 | Plus the race to space? |
| 0:11.4 | What's Uber Comfort and another new streaming service? |
| 0:14.4 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:22.1 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:25.9 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:27.5 | You ready? |
| 0:28.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:37.0 | A member of the Trump administration is now facing pressure to resign. The Wall Street Journal reports top Democrats want Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to step down. |
| 0:42.0 | They say it's because of how he handled a sex abuse case more than a decade ago. |
| 0:46.0 | The case was against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Yes, the same well-connected guy we talked about yesterday, |
| 0:51.6 | who was facing new federal charges accused of |
| 0:54.1 | sexually abusing young girls. He pleaded not guilty but Epstein faced similar |
| 0:58.6 | charges a while back yet he only served 13 months in jail back then as part of a secret plea deal. |
| 1:05.4 | The U.S. attorney who helped to make that secret deal |
| 1:08.2 | was current Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. |
| 1:10.8 | So that's why top Democrats are calling on him to step down or be fired. |
| 1:15.5 | President Trump says Acosta is great at his current job as Labor Secretary and others were |
| 1:19.3 | involved in that past decision. Acosta called it a complicated case and for now he still has his job. |
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