Biden's Lead, Census Begins & Texting 911- Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 11 March 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, March 11th, 2020!
What to know today about Joe Biden's second big night as he all but declares himself the Democratic presidential nominee, and where there are more drastic measures happening in the U.S. to try to contain the new coronavirus.
Plus a first for the U.S. Census, Uber's new texting feature, and why some shoes were sent to space.
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.
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Sources:
Super Tuesday II Results: NYT, AP, Politico
Coronavirus 'Containment Zone': NYT, CBS News
Coronavirus Travel & Events Impacted: Vox, WSJ, LA Times, Yahoo
Coronavirus Latest Economic Impact: AP, Boston Globe
Coronavirus Surgeon General Guidance: ABC News, Coronavirus.gov
Census Bureau Site: AP, Census 2020
Dick's Closing Hunting Dept.: USA Today, CNBC, WSJ
Insurance Merger: Reuters, WSJ, Axios
Uber Text to 911: Engadget, ABC News
High-Tech Medical Records: Mashable, NYT
Billionaires Fighting Coronavirus: The Verge, Vox, TechCrunch, Business Insider
Adidas Launches Sneakers into Space: CNN, Space.com
Work Wednesday - Remote Working: CityLabs
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, March 11th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about Joe Biden's second big night |
| 0:04.5 | as he all but declared himself the Democratic presidential nominee. |
| 0:07.6 | And where there are more drastic measures happening now |
| 0:10.0 | in the US to try and contain the new coronavirus. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus the first for the US Census, |
| 0:14.6 | Uber's new texting feature, |
| 0:16.2 | and why certain shoes were sent to space. |
| 0:18.2 | Welcome, welcome, to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:39.1 | It seems Democrats are close to picking President Trump's November challenger. The AP says the nomination is now former Vice President Joe Biden's to lose and |
| 0:43.2 | political report Senator Bernie Sanders is all but done. |
| 0:46.6 | As of early this morning results are still coming in from what's been called |
| 0:49.8 | mini super Tuesday when six states had their say yesterday. |
| 0:53.5 | Already, Biden is the projected winner in at least four states. |
| 0:57.4 | Many analysts predicted that after a wave of big endorsements for Biden this past week. |
| 1:01.7 | But Sanders was expected to do better than he did. Like in |
| 1:04.8 | Michigan, Sanders easily beat Hillary Clinton in 2016, but this time it looks |
| 1:09.3 | like Michigan voters went big for Biden. Keep in mind, there's also one Republican challenging President Trump, |
| 1:15.2 | former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld. |
| 1:17.4 | But he still doesn't have much of a chance. |
| 1:19.1 | Yet again, the president swept all six states. |
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