Big Tech, Tiananmen Square & Billionaire Jay-Z - Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, June 4th, 2019!
We're talking about what happened 30 years ago that will be remembered around the world today, and which government wants Tinder to hand over a bunch of user data.
Plus: some highlights from Apple's big event, how a historic game show winning streak ended, and the first billionaire rapper.
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:
Disaster Bill Passes: The Washington Post, FOX News, NPR
Mueller Report Hearing: The Hill, CNBC, Politico
Big Tech Probe: AP, NYT, TechCrunch, Reuters
30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square: The Guardian, CNN, History.com
Russia Demands Tinder Access: Business Insider, WSJ, AP
Eid al-Fitr: Al Jazeera, CNN, USA Today
Apple WWDC Highlights: The Verge, TechCrunch, NYT
Quest Diagnostics Leak: WSJ, CNN, NBC News
Jeopardy WInning Streak Broken: USA Today, NYT
Jay-Z First Billionaire Rapper: Forbes, The Guardian
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, June 4th. |
| 0:03.0 | What happened 30 years ago that will be remembered around the world today, |
| 0:07.0 | and who wants Tinder to hand over its user data? |
| 0:10.0 | Plus more updates to Apple products, |
| 0:12.0 | the winning streak that just ended, and the first billionaire rapper. |
| 0:18.4 | Welcome, Welcome to the newsworthy. All the day's news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks |
| 0:26.8 | so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:30.0 | It's been a long time coming, but the $19 billion disaster aid bill will finally hit President |
| 0:38.9 | Trump's desk and he's expected to sign it. |
| 0:41.6 | NPR reports the House gave the final okay after the Senate |
| 0:44.4 | passed it last month. The House vote ended a months-long feud on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:48.6 | The bill will help people hit by natural disasters, but it stalled a few times. The White House and Democrats |
| 0:54.8 | disagreed over whether to send more money to Puerto Rico. Trump wanted to use the |
| 0:58.6 | money for a border wall instead. In the end, Puerto Rico is getting a billion dollars worth of aid, and Trump has now called the bill great. |
| 1:06.0 | Over the past few months, more natural disasters have hit the US, including flooding in the Midwest, |
| 1:11.2 | so the bill was rewritten to help those communities as well. |
| 1:14.6 | Democrats are gearing up for a series of House hearings on Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. |
| 1:22.4 | But Mueller himself, the lead investigator, is not on Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. |
| 1:22.8 | But Mueller himself, the lead investigator, |
| 1:24.8 | is not expected to be there. |
| 1:26.4 | Instead, the star witness will be someone |
| 1:28.2 | from the Watergate scandal, which was back in the 1970s. |
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