Chaotic First Debate, NFL Outbreak & New Instagram Record- Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, September 30th, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- a chaotic first debate between President Trump and Joe Biden: the attacks from both sides and why they each say they're the better choice for the American people
- two NFL teams that got sidelined over a coronavirus outbreak
- thousands of Disney theme park employees getting laid off
- Amazon Go shoppers paying with their palms
- a 94-year-old scientist who broke an Instagram record
- how high schoolers are stepping up as Election Day volunteers
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
First Presidential Debate Recap: Politico, USA Today, CNN, Reuters
Biden Releases More Taxes: WSJ, WaPo, NBC News, Axios
COVID-19 Cases Rise Among U.S. Children: AP, NPR, ABC News, AAP, CDC
Moderna Vaccine Study in Older People: Reuters, Boston Globe, USA Today
NFL has first Covid-19 Outbreak: WaPo, WSJ, NBC News, AP
Disney Lays Off Thousands of Workers: WaPo, WSJ, Reuters
Hand Scanners Launch at Amazon Go Stores: USA Today, TechCrunch, AP, Amazon, CNN Business
David Attenborough Breaks Instagram Record: The Verge, NPR, WaPo, Guinness
Work Wednesday: Young People Volunteer as Poll Workers: NPR, USA Today, Forbes, Facebook
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, September 30th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about a chaotic first debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, |
| 0:06.0 | the attacks from both sides, and why they each said they're the better choice for the American people. |
| 0:10.0 | Also, two NFL teams get sidelined over a coronavirus outbreak as thousands of Disney theme park employees get laid off. |
| 0:17.0 | Plus Amazon Go shoppers start paying with their palms. |
| 0:20.0 | A 94 year old scientist breaks a record on Instagram and high schoolers are stepping up as |
| 0:25.2 | election day volunteers. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome, Welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:31.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica |
| 0:36.5 | Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:40.5 | Well after months this. |
| 0:47.0 | Well, after months of attacking one another from the campaign trail, President Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden took their attacks to the debate stage. |
| 0:51.0 | And to sum things up, reporters from both NBC and Fox News |
| 0:54.7 | called it a grudge match, a train wreck, and a hot mess. The candidates talked |
| 0:58.8 | over each other for nearly the entire 90 minutes, mostly with insults. |
| 1:02.6 | President Trump went after Biden's intelligence, |
| 1:04.8 | saying he graduated at the bottom of his college class. |
| 1:07.4 | He also attacked Biden's son, Hunter Biden, |
| 1:09.6 | over his business dealings in Ukraine. |
| 1:11.6 | And Trump said he's done more in 47 months |
| 1:13.9 | than Biden has done in 47 years. |
| 1:16.6 | But there were plenty of punches thrown from the Biden side |
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