AG Barr Testifies, Facebook Facelift & Billboard Music Awards - Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, May 1st, 2019!
Today, what Mueller himself said about the Mueller report summary, a shooting at a university, and a newly approved alternative to cigarettes.
Plus: what to know about Facebook and Instagram's big changes, and the big awards show happening tonight...
Those stories and many 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:
Mueller's Response: NYT, WSJ, The Washington Post, FOX News
Trump Meeting, Lawsuits: NPR, AP, Reuters, CNN
UNC Charlotte Shooting: USA Today, CNN, TIME
Venezuela Tension: NYT, AP, The Guardian
May Day: History.com, CNN, The Washington Post, The Guardian
FDA Approves New "Cigarette": CBS News, Reuters, Washington Post
Facebook Changes: WSJ, Gizmodo, Quartz, Engadget
Instagram Changes: The Verge, Techcrunch, Quartz
Obamas + Netflix: CBS News, NYT, Axios
Billboard Awards: Billboard
Tony Nominations: NYT
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, May 1st. |
| 0:04.0 | What Mueller himself said about the Mueller report summary, |
| 0:07.1 | a shooting at a university, |
| 0:08.7 | and a new alternative to cigarettes. |
| 0:11.0 | Plus what to know about Facebook and Instagram changes and the awards show happening tonight. |
| 0:15.8 | And today's episode is brought to you in part by the primary Ride Home Podcast, news from the campaign trail |
| 0:20.7 | every day at 5 p.m. Welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:27.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:29.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:37.0 | Expect a dramatic hearing on Capitol Hill today. |
| 0:42.8 | Attorney General William Barr is in the hot seat. |
| 0:45.2 | He's set to testify about how he handled the Mueller report. |
| 0:48.4 | And the night before he's in that hot seat, |
| 0:50.5 | there was a new headline. |
| 0:51.7 | That Special Counsel Robert Mueller himself was not happy |
| 0:54.5 | with Barr's summary of the report. |
| 0:56.6 | The Washington Post says Mueller told Barr in a letter and a phone call that he did not |
| 1:00.2 | fully capture the team's work with his summary. |
| 1:02.7 | That while there were no inaccuracies, |
| 1:04.7 | Barr did not provide enough context |
| 1:06.9 | and even confuse the public about important aspects |
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