America Shuts Down, Virtual Campaigning & Thrift Store Surprise- Friday, March 13th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 13 March 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, March 13th, 2020!
We're talking about the latest updates for the new coronavirus as people cancel plans around the world. Yet, there's some surprising data about jobs. We're also talking about the first one-on-one Democratic debate happening this weekend.
Plus: new planets discovered, wacky dream homes, and a couple of much-needed reasons to "feel good" this Friday.
Those stories 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 or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.
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Sources:
Coronavirus Event Cancellations: USA Today, CBS Sports, Buzzfeed, ABC News, CNN
Coronavirus Cases/Testing/Vaccine Progress: CDC, WaPo, IBT, WSJ, BBC, CNBC,
Economy, Travel & Emergency Aid Politico, AP, NYT, Boston Globe, CNN, The Guardian
Chelsea Manning Jail Release: CBS News, NPR
2020 Dems on Coronavirus: USA Today, Yahoo, NYTimes
Debate Sunday: USA Today, TIME, Politico
Jobless Benefits Claims: ABC News, CNBC
New Planets Beyond Neptune: Space.com, USA Today
Editing Tweets: The Verge, TechCrunch
Airbnb Home-Building Contest: USA Today, MarketWatch, AirBnb
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, March 13th. We're entering unprecedented territory as people cancel plans around the world, |
| 0:05.8 | yet there's some surprising data about jobs. And we're talking about the first one-on-one Democratic debate. |
| 0:11.3 | Plus, new planets discovered wacky dream homes, and a couple of |
| 0:14.9 | much-needed reasons to feel good this Friday. |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:24.1 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:27.8 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:29.4 | You ready? |
| 0:30.3 | Let's do this. |
| 0:37.0 | America is sort of shutting down. People all around the country are hunkering down hoping to contain COVID-19. |
| 0:41.0 | For one, major US Sports leagues have stopped games. Leaders of |
| 0:45.2 | professional basketball, baseball, hockey, tennis, and soccer have all suspended |
| 0:49.1 | seasons. The PGA Golf Tour is postponed and March Madness is off. |
| 0:53.5 | The entire college basketball tournament was scrapped. |
| 0:56.0 | And sports games are hardly the only events impacted. |
| 0:58.7 | New York State banned all gatherings of 500 people or more. |
| 1:02.4 | Which means Broadway is shut down, |
| 1:04.4 | along with Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater, |
| 1:06.9 | and some of the world's most popular museums. |
| 1:09.3 | The order is even more strict on the opposite side of the country. |
| 1:12.2 | California and Washington banned band gatherings of 250 people or more. |
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