AG Barr on Defense, Mystery Seeds Warning & #ChallengeAccepted Explained- Wednesday, July 29th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, July 29th, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- which states health officials think could be the next COVID-19 hot spots
- what to expect from the top four leaders of 'Big Tech' as they testify in front of Congress today
- how the U.S. Attorney General handled tough questions from lawmakers
- why there's controversy about the black and white photos trending on social media
- what to do if you get 'mystery seeds' in the mail
- all the Emmy nominations, including which platform broke a record
Those stories 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:
U.S. Outbreaks Status: Johns Hopkins, Reuters, NBC News
Kodak Shifts to Drug Production: WSJ, FOX Business, NPR
Russia Spreading COVID Disinformation: AP, NY Times, Al Jazeera
Big Tech to Testify: NY Times, Politico, Reuters, CBS News
AG Barr Hearing: WSJ, CBS News, AP, Reuters, ABC News
Americans Receive Mystery Seeds: WSJ, CBS News, Fox News
Netflix Breaks Emmy Nom Record: NY Times, CNBC, AP
Universal AMC Deal: TechCrunch, CNBC, The Verge, Reuters
Women Posting Black and White Selfies: CNN, NY Times, Forbes, Today
Influencers Paid to Use Instagram Reels: WSJ, Forbes
Work Wednesday: Business Travel Outlook: NY Times, Bloomberg, Axios
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, July 29th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know about which state's top health officials are watching closely. |
| 0:05.0 | They say the next COVID-19 outbreaks could show up there soon. |
| 0:08.0 | Also, the top four leaders of Big Tech are set to testify today, what to expect. |
| 0:12.0 | And what happened at a different |
| 0:13.8 | tense hearing yesterday when the attorney general faced tough questions from |
| 0:17.2 | lawmakers. Plus what's behind those black and white photos on social media? What |
| 0:21.2 | Americans are supposed to do with seeds they're getting in the mail but did not |
| 0:24.4 | order, and the Emmy nominations are in, which platform broke an all-time record. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:33.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:39.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:40.0 | You ready? Let's do this. The U.S. coronavirus death toll is now nearing 150,000. |
| 0:50.0 | More than 1,200 COVID-19 deaths were reported just yesterday. |
| 0:53.6 | Reuters says that's the biggest one day increase since May. |
| 0:56.9 | The worst spikes were in California, Florida, Arkansas, Montana, and Oregon. |
| 1:01.4 | But the nation's top infectious disease expert says some of those |
| 1:04.4 | areas may be experiencing the worst of their outbreaks right now and they'll |
| 1:08.6 | likely turn a corner soon. Hospitalizations in places like California and Texas are starting to go down. |
| 1:15.0 | Dr. Anthony Fauchy says the next hot spots could be Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky |
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