Chaos in Syria, Columbus Day Dropped & Fortnite Mystery - Monday, October 14th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, October 14th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about the conflict and chaos in Syria (and America's role in it) as well as the federal holiday today that's not recognized across the country.
Plus: a big mystery surrounding the hugely popular game, Fortnite, and the next service Uber is getting into...
Those stories and more -- in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Sources:
"Chaos" in Syria: AP, WSJ ,NYT, WaPo, The Hill, CBS News
Hunter Biden Resigns: WSJ, CBS News, Politico, Statement
Japan Typhoon: USA Today, Weather Channel, NYT
SoCal Wildfires: NBC News, CNN
No-Fur Law: NBC News, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post
Columbus/Indigenous People's Day: ABC News, CNN
Simone Biles Record: ESPN, ABC News, AP
Fortnite Explosion: Cnet, TechCrunch, Business Insider
Google Pixel 4: TechCrunch, Engadget
Uber's Cornershop: The Verge, CNBC
Weekend Box Office: THR, Variety, Deadline
Money Monday - Weekly Allowance: USA Today, NYT, American Institute of CPAs
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, October 14th. |
| 0:02.0 | We're talking about the conflict and chaos in Syria |
| 0:04.4 | and America's role in it, |
| 0:05.8 | as well as the federal holiday today |
| 0:07.4 | that's not recognized across the country. |
| 0:09.6 | Plus a big mystery surrounding the hugely popular game |
| 0:12.1 | Fortnite, why you can't play it right now. |
| 0:14.5 | And the next service Uber is getting into. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:21.3 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes fast fair fun and on the go I'm Erica |
| 0:26.7 | Mandy thanks so much for being here you ready let's do this |
| 0:36.6 | the US is working to evacuate more US troops from northeastern Syria as the fighting gets worse and hundreds of |
| 0:40.0 | supporters of the Syria, that was actually only some, several dozen of American forces leaving. |
| 0:54.6 | But now the US defense secretary told CBS News, President Trump has ordered pretty much |
| 0:58.6 | a full withdrawal about 1,000 troops will leave. |
| 1:02.0 | The Pentagon Chief says Turkey's attack is reaching further |
| 1:05.0 | and closer to U.S. forces than expected, |
| 1:07.6 | while Syrians and Russians plan to attack back. |
| 1:10.8 | And the U.S. doesn't want to be caught in the middle. |
| 1:13.2 | The Washington Post reports top national security officials in the US held a series of |
| 1:17.0 | urgent meetings and phone calls about what's happening and one official told the post |
| 1:20.7 | it's quote total chaos. Remember President Trump announced a week |
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