Bump Stocks, Facebook Postcards & Lindsey Vonn - Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2018
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Wednesday, February 21st, 2018!
Today we're talking about gun laws, from President Trump's latest comments about bump stocks to which celebrities are donating $500k each to student activists.
Plus, why facebook plans to send postcards and how Google is predicting heart attacks.
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:06.0 | All the day's news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:08.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:10.9 | Thanks so much for listening. Today what to know about gun loss |
| 0:14.6 | from the president's newest plan to the celebrities donating big bucks. Plus why |
| 0:19.6 | Facebook plans to send postcards and how Google is predicting heart attacks. |
| 0:24.6 | All that end much more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:27.2 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:28.4 | Today is Wednesday, February 21st. |
| 0:31.0 | You ready? |
| 0:32.0 | Let's do this. |
| 0:36.0 | President Trump says he's now open to more regulations for guns. |
| 0:40.0 | This time he told the attorney general to come up with a plan to ban bump stocks. |
| 0:44.7 | You might remember bump stocks were used in the Las Vegas shooting. |
| 0:47.5 | They turned semi-automatic guns into automatic weapons, which basically means you can |
| 0:51.8 | shoot faster. Instead of having to pull the trigger each time means you can shoot faster. |
| 0:52.8 | Instead of having to pull the trigger each time, |
| 0:54.8 | you can just hold it down. |
| 0:56.4 | The New York Times says even the NRA is open to at least regulating bump stocks. |
| 1:01.0 | So we'll see what the Justice Department recommends. Time |
| 1:03.9 | reports the President does plan to sit down with some people affected by the |
| 1:07.6 | Florida shooting today. Of course this is all happening after that school |
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