Border Deal Vote, Goodbye Opportunity & Valentine's Day (+ Dating Trends with Damona Hoffman) - Thursday, February 14th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 14 February 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, February 14th, 2019!
Today, what to know about everything from the border deal to an Iranian spy to a famous space mission.
Plus: an Instagram bug, two anticipated sequels and a million dollar mansion selling for $19.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Then hang out after the news as we talk about 2019 dating and marriage trends on this Valentine's Day. Today's guest is a dating coach who starred in two A+E Networks TV series and is a contributor for CNN Headline News, BET.com, The Washington Post, Match, and more. Damona Hoffman also hosts the weekly podcast, Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Border Deal Latest: WSJ, The Hill, AP
One Year Since Parkland: NPR, Time/AP
Ex-Astronaut for Senate: Time, Yahoo/AP
Mars Rover Dead: Space.com, CNET
Ford Recalls: Reuters, NBC News
Google Data Center: CNBC, TechCrunch
Instagram Bug: Twitter, TechCrunch, Business Insider
Frozen 2: People
Coming to America 2: Variety
Canadian Home for $19: Business Insider
Valentine's Day: Bloomberg, USA Today (deals), USA Today
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, February 14th. |
| 0:02.4 | We're talking about everything from the border wall |
| 0:04.4 | to espionage to space, |
| 0:06.3 | plus an Instagram bug and a million dollar mansion |
| 0:09.3 | for $19. |
| 0:10.8 | Then hang out after the news for thing to note Thursday's bonus interview. We're talking |
| 0:14.4 | dating and marriage trends for Valentine's Day. |
| 0:20.1 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:24.4 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:28.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:30.0 | You ready? |
| 0:31.0 | Let's do this. Today, lawmakers in the Senate and then the House are expected to vote on the border deal. |
| 0:40.0 | It looks like President Trump just might sign it. |
| 0:43.0 | If all of that happens before the weekend, it'll avoid another government shutdown and fund the government until September. |
| 0:49.0 | But at this point, it's a big maybe. |
| 0:51.0 | President Trump has made it clear he's not happy with the |
| 0:54.0 | deal and some lawmakers still say they have not had a chance to fully read the |
| 0:58.0 | details. Remember what we know so far is that negotiators from both parties |
| 1:02.1 | agreed on 1.4 billion dollars for 55 |
| 1:05.0 | miles of border fencing which is a lot less than Trump had asked for. So we'll see |
| 1:10.3 | how the votes go today and see if a deal can be made before midnight on Friday, |
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