Biden's Wishlist, D.C. Lockdown & Samsung Smartphones - Friday, January 15th, 2021
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 15 January 2021
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, January 15th, 2021!
What to know about:
- President-elect Joe Biden's new $1.9 trillion priority list: where he wants the money to go and how lawmakers are reacting
- new details from federal authorities about last week's Capitol riot and the plan for next week's inauguration
- remembering a Las Vegas legend
- the most talked-about tech at CES including a new lineup of smartphones
- the Girl Scout's unlikely new partner
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Biden Unveils COVID-19 Relief Proposal: Reuters, ABC News, AP, WSJ, Biden Plan
Dozens of Rioters on FBI Watch List: WaPo, WSJ, The Hill
FBI's Inauguration Preps: AP, FOX News, Bloomberg, WaPo
2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record: AP, NY Times, WaPo, NASA
Inauguration Performers Announced: USA Today, ABC News, AP, Inaugural Committee
Siegfried Fischbacher Dies: USA Today, NBC News, NPR
COVID-Related Tech at CES: WSJ, Cnet, WaPo
New Samsung Products: The Verge, TechCrunch, AP, Cnet
Google Completes Fitbit Acquisition: CNBC, Reuters, Google
GrubHub Will Deliver Girl Scout Cookies: NY Times, GMA, CBS News, Grubhub, Girl Scouts
Feel Good Friday- Volunteers Bake Bread for Food Bank: TODAY, Community Loaves
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, January 15th. |
| 0:02.1 | What to know about President-elect Joe Biden's new |
| 0:04.5 | nearly $2 trillion priority list, |
| 0:07.1 | where he wants the money to go |
| 0:08.3 | and how both sides feel about it. |
| 0:10.3 | Also, Operation Protect DC continues. |
| 0:13.2 | Federal authorities have released new details about last week's capital riot |
| 0:16.8 | and the plan for next week's inauguration. |
| 0:19.1 | Plus, remembering a Las Vegas legend, the most talked about tech at CES, including a new lineup of |
| 0:24.9 | Samsung smartphones, and the Girl Scouts unlikely new partner. |
| 0:31.3 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:33.4 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.7 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:39.3 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:40.8 | You're ready. |
| 0:41.8 | Let's do this. |
| 0:45.0 | President-elect Biden is laying out his top priorities to deal with the pandemic. |
| 0:50.0 | He revealed a $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief plan and he wants Congress to pass it right away. |
| 0:56.0 | As you might imagine, there's quite a bit included. |
| 0:59.0 | It calls for more direct payments to most American households worth $1,400 per person. |
| 1:04.0 | That's more than double the $600 direct payments passed last month. |
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