Hey everybody, it is Monday, February 20th. It is President's day here in the U.S.

You're listening to the MO news podcast. I'm Mochua Nunu. This is the place where we bring you

just the facts. And we read all the news and read between the lines so you don't have to

Jill Wagner is off today. So it'll just be me for the next couple days. So let's get started

here with all the news over the weekend. There was a major face-to-face meeting between the U.S.

and China the first since the balloon downing. The longest living president in American history,

Jimmy Carter has been moved into hospice care that comes as tributes are starting to pour in.

It now appears that anyone has a chance to get one of those coveted Facebook or Instagram

blue check verified marks, but you're going to have to pay up. The publisher behind many famous

royal doll books like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory says it's time to revise some of the words

in his books and many people including folks in the Mo news audience are not happy about it.

We'll tell you about the fallout at CNN following Don Lemons' sexist remarks about presidential

candidate Nikki Haley. Late last week Spain joined a growing number of countries offering paid leave

if you are suffering from painful periods. I'll tell you about that. And of course we'll end as

always with On this Day in History. All right, let's start with some presidential news on this

president's day here in the U.S. Former president Jimmy Carter has decided to forego all further

medical treatment and has entered hospice care at his home in Georgia. The announcement came on

Saturday from his Carter Center at 98 years old. He is the longest living president in American history.

The Carter Center said in a statement that after a series of short hospital stays former president

Carter has decided to spend his remaining time at home with family and receive hospice care

instead of any additional medical intervention. Hospice is defined as care for terminally ill patients

when the priority is not to provide for the treatment but just to reduce pain and discomfort

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