Beirut Explosion, Promising COVID Research & Flight to Nowhere- Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 5 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, August 5th, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- a deadly explosion in the Middle East
- new promising COVID-19 research
- which sports leagues seem to be doing better than others & why
- a big change to the 2020 Census count
- what now rivals Apple's AirDrop
- who is offering a flight to nowhere
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:
Deadly Beirut Explosion: AP, CBS News, Reuters, NBC News, How to Help
Isaias Damage, Deaths: AP, USA Today, ABC News, Axios, CBS News, National Hurricane Center
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll: Johns Hopkins
Another Vaccine Shows Promising Results: CNN, CNBC, Stat
Convalescent Plasma Study: WSJ, WaPo
US Census Schedule Cut: AP, NBC News, ABC News, NY Times, Fill Out Census
Millennials, Younger Now U.S. Majority: CNN, AP, Brookings
Android Version of Airdrop: Engadget, CNBC, Google
NHL Success: NBC Sports, ESPN, CNN, CBS Sports, DraftKings, NYMag
Taiwan's Flight to Nowhere: CNN, Travel + Leisure, STAT News
Work Wednesday: Virtual Internships: Reuters
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, August 5th. |
| 0:01.8 | What to know today about a deadly explosion in the Middle East, |
| 0:04.8 | the latest reports this morning, and what fueled the blast. |
| 0:08.2 | Also will explain new promising COVID-19 research, |
| 0:10.9 | as well as which sports leagues seem to be doing better than others and one reason |
| 0:14.8 | why. |
| 0:15.8 | Plus a big change to the 2020 census count, what now rivals Apple's air drop, and who was offering |
| 0:21.5 | a flight to nowhere. |
| 0:23.0 | 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. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:34.7 | You ready? |
| 0:35.7 | Let's do this. |
| 0:37.0 | Well, we start today with a powerful massive explosion that shook the |
| 0:44.3 | Lebanese capital of Beirut killing dozens of people and injuring thousands. |
| 0:48.1 | As of early this morning the search and rescue efforts are still underway and the Red |
| 0:52.0 | Cross reports at least 100 people have |
| 0:54.1 | died but the death toll is expected to climb. Video of the blast quickly spread |
| 0:58.8 | online likely because words don't quite do it justice. It sent a giant mushroom cloud into the sky and the impact |
| 1:04.9 | was felt hundreds of miles away. It apparently struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude |
| 1:09.5 | earthquake. The AP calls it the most destructive explosion in all of Lebanon's troubled history, |
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