Aurora Shooting, Surprise Settlement & Presidents Day - Monday, February 18th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, February 18th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about next steps now that President Trump declared a 'national emergency' at the southern border, what the U.S. Supreme Court decided about the 2020 Census and what to know about the shooting in Illinois.
Plus: a surprise settlement, foldable phones and when to see the 'Snow Moon.'
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.
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Sources:
Trump National Emergency: The Hill, FOX News, NYT, NBC News, USA Today
Heather Nauert: AP, The Washington Post
Aurora Shooting: CBS News, WP, Fox News
Cardinal Defrocked: FOX News, CNN, BBC
Census Question: The Washington Post, NYT, VOX
Colin Kaepernick and NFL Settle: ESPN, CNN
NBA All-Star Weekend: Sporting News, CBS Sports
TCL Foldable Devices: CNET, Engadget
Snow Moon: Time, Quartz, USA Today
Presidents Day: History.com, Time,The Verge, USA Today
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, February 18th. What happens now after President Trump declared a national |
| 0:05.3 | emergency at the border and the big question about the 2020 census? Plus a surprise settlement, |
| 0:10.6 | foldable phones, and when to see the snow moon. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:18.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:20.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:26.0 | You ready? |
| 0:27.0 | Let's do this. |
| 0:32.0 | As expected, President Trump signed the budget deal to avoid another government |
| 0:35.4 | shutdown, and he issued a national emergency at the US-Mexico border in the hopes of |
| 0:39.8 | building a wall. |
| 0:41.3 | So now what? |
| 0:42.3 | While the White House told the New York Times, the President could use more than $3.5 billion from |
| 0:46.4 | military construction projects to fund the border wall. |
| 0:49.7 | And he also has access to $2.5 billion from counter-narcotics programs, plus 600 million from the Treasury |
| 0:56.2 | Department. |
| 0:57.3 | In total, Trump could have about $8 billion to spend on the barriers he wants. |
| 1:01.7 | He says he's doing it to stop drugs and crimes |
| 1:04.0 | but it's definitely facing some criticism |
| 1:06.0 | some say it could go against the Constitution |
| 1:08.0 | some say there's not really an emergency or crisis at the border |
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