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Budget Deal, Winter Olympics & Gerber Baby (+ 3QTh with Damona Hoffman) - Thursday, February 8th, 2018

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

All the news you need to know for Thursday, February 8th, 2018! 

Today, can lawmakers make a deal before another government shutdown? And we're talking about one lawmaker's marathon, record-breaking speech.

Plus: what to watch for at the Winter Olympics, from sports to politics, and why this year's Gerber baby is making history.

All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

 Then, hang out after the news for Three Question Thursday. This week's guest is Damona Hoffman.

Damona Hoffman is a certified dating coach, radio host, and TV personality. Damona was the host/dating expert of #BlackLove on FYI TV and the host/relationship expert on the A+E Networks TV series, A Question of Love, which just finished it's first season on FYI TV.

In addition to her hundreds of media appearances (People Magazine, Essence Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and more) and hosting Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman for 5 years, Damona is also the love expert for BET.com.

For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news news in less than 10 minutes

0:08.0

fast fair fun and on the go thanks so much for. Today can they make a deal before another

0:14.8

government shutdown and who gave a marathon record-breaking speech? Plus where and

0:19.6

when to watch the Winter Olympics and why this year's Gerber baby is making history.

0:24.8

All that and much, much more in less than 10 minutes.

0:27.8

And hang out today after the news for three question Thursday, Valentine's Day is

0:32.1

right around the corner so I'll be talking about

0:34.1

dating with a certified dating coach and TV love expert who has the brand new results from a

0:39.2

match.com study. I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Thursday, February 8th. You ready? Let's do this.

0:47.0

Lawmakers must make a deal before midnight tonight or there will be another government shutdown.

0:55.0

But there is a deal in the works and both the Senate and the House are expected to vote on it today.

1:00.0

The top Senate leaders for both parties agreed on a bill to increase government spending over the next two years.

1:05.3

It would boost spending by almost $300 billion, adding more money to both the military,

1:10.8

like the president wants, and other budgets like infrastructure, child care

1:14.8

and disaster relief.

1:16.4

It would also give the government permission to take on more debt.

1:19.8

That last one is a bit controversial, but at this this point both parties feel like they're

1:23.4

getting something out of the deal and it would finally mean a long-term solution

1:27.3

for spending. President Trump has thrown his support behind the Senate bill but

1:31.5

can it pass the House?

1:33.0

Because remember, even if this thing passes the Senate,

1:36.0

it then has to pass the House before its final.

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