Bipartisan Vote on Syria, T-Mobile-Sprint Approval & Space Fashion (+ Talking Happiness at Work) - Thursday, October 17th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2019
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, October 17th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about the bipartisan vote against President Trump's decision on Syria, and the two major strikes happening now.
Plus: a bomb cyclone, the world's longest flight, and fashion for space tourists...
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview about which generation job-hops the most, and how to be happy enough at work to stay.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Bipartisan Vote on Syria: AP, ABC News, The Hill, NYT
Impeachment Inquiry: Washington Post, CNN, CBS News
Teachers Strike: NPR, ABC News, Reuters
T-Mobile-Sprint Approval: Reuters, The Verge, Cnet
"Bomb Cyclone": USA Today, NBC News, AccuWeather
Longest Flight: Bloomberg, Washington Post
Under Armour Space Suits: CNBC, Space.com
Volvo Electric Car: Cnet, The Verge, Business Insider
Uber Moped: TechCrunch
Uber TV Series: Variety, Deadline
Hulu Personalization: Engadget, TechCrunch
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, October 17th. |
| 0:02.4 | What to know today about a meeting at the White House that turned sour. |
| 0:05.7 | And two major union strikes happening now. |
| 0:08.6 | Plus a bomb cyclone, the world's longest flight, |
| 0:11.4 | and fashion for space tourists. |
| 0:13.2 | Then hang out after the news for thing to note Thursday's bonus interview about |
| 0:16.8 | happiness at work. |
| 0:21.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:22.8 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:30.4 | You ready? |
| 0:31.4 | Let's do this. Both Republicans and Democrats are clashing once again with the president. |
| 0:39.0 | That's because of his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria and things really escalated yesterday. |
| 0:44.6 | For starters, the House held a vote to condemn Trump's decision. |
| 0:48.0 | The AP reports lawmakers came together voting 354 to 60 to say they don't agree with the president on this. |
| 0:55.2 | Then later in the day they had a meeting with President Trump to talk things over, |
| 0:58.7 | but that didn't really go well either. |
| 1:00.8 | Some Democrats stormed out. The New York Times says they're mad because it seems |
| 1:04.4 | like the US is basically washing its hands of the conflict in Syria. |
| 1:08.2 | Remember, President Trump decided to pull some US troops out of northeastern Syria and that basically allowed |
| 1:14.0 | neighboring Turkey to attack Kurdish fighters who at least were a US ally. |
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