Big Tech Hearings, Neuralink & Emmy Record - Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, July 17th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about the final decision in the Eric Garner case, and what lawmakers are saying now about Facebook's cryptocurrency.
Plus: Elon Musk explains his newest vision for brain implants, the military has a warning about a fake facebook event, and how Game of Thrones just broke another record.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Sources:
No NYPD Charges in Garner Case: Washington Post, NBC News, Reuters
Big Tech Hearings: TechCrunch, WSJ, CNN, The Washington Post, NYT
Neuralink: Bloomberg, CNBC, The Verge
Rocket City World Record: TechCrunch, AL.com, RocketCenter.com
"Area 51" Fake Event: USA Today, BBC, TIME
Game of Thrones Record: Variety, Deadline, CNBC
Emmy Nominations: People (full list)
World Emoji Day: USA Today
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, July 17th. |
| 0:03.0 | The video went viral five years ago, and now there's a final decision on the case, |
| 0:08.0 | and what lawmakers are saying about Facebook's cryptocurrency. |
| 0:11.0 | Plus, Elon Musk explains his newest vision, the U.S. military responds to a fake Facebook |
| 0:16.2 | event, and how Game of Thrones just broke another record. |
| 0:21.8 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:23.7 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:26.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:28.9 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:29.9 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:31.4 | You ready? |
| 0:32.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:33.6 | We start today with a final decision years in the making. |
| 0:40.4 | No federal charges against police involved in the death of Eric Garner. |
| 0:44.0 | Some have promised protests in New York City today because today also marks exactly five years since Garner died. |
| 0:50.0 | Remember, Garner was a 43 year old unarmed black man seen in a video that went viral five years ago. |
| 0:56.9 | He was saying, I can't breathe, after he was apparently put in a chokehold, and it was one of the |
| 1:01.7 | videos that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement. |
| 1:04.0 | Well, NBC news reports, the investigation came to an end yesterday. |
| 1:08.0 | U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided not to bring civil rights or criminal charges against any of the NYPD officers involved. |
| 1:15.8 | The Washington Post reports bar ultimately decided that prosecutors could not prove there |
| 1:19.8 | was a federal crime, that they didn't have enough evidence to show the officer used too much force. |
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