DNC's Final Night, California Burning & Apple Hits $2T - Thursday, August 20th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 20 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, August 20th, 2020!
We're talking about:
- the big takeaways from the DNC as we head into the final night
- why government officials are looking at sewage for insights about COVID-19 outbreaks
- an update on the out-of-control wildfires out west
- new policies impacting children's vaccinations
- how Apple broke another record
- what's next for the animal park made famous in Tiger King
All that and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
DNC Night 3 Recap/Night 4 Preview: WSJ, Politico, WaPo
RNC Speakers: USA Today, Forbes, The Hill
Operation Legend Status: USA Today, ABC News, FOX News, CNN
States with Most COVID Cases Per-Capita: Johns Hopkins, CNN, ABC News, Miami Herald, Austin American Statesman, AJC
CDC to Monitor Sewage: CDC, CNBC, Concord Monitor
CA Wildfires Growing: SF Chronicle, LA Times, AP, Cal Fire
Pharmacists Can Now Give Childhood Shots: AP, Reuters, HHS
FB Bans More QAnon Accounts: AP, Reuters, NY Times, Facebook, NY Times
Airbnb Files to Go Public: TechCrunch, WSJ, Reuters
Apple Becomes First $2 Trillion Company: AP, The Verge, CNN, CNBC
'Tiger King' Zoo Closed: CNN, TMZ, Deadline, Variety
Sports Arenas Offered as Voting Supercenters: Politico, SB Nation, The Guardian, News Release
Become a Poll Worker: Work Elections
Thing to Know Thursday: Delegates: Council on Foreign Relations, NowThis, History.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, August 20th. |
| 0:01.7 | We're talking about the big takeaways from the DNC |
| 0:03.8 | as we head into the final night, |
| 0:05.4 | why government officials are looking at sewage |
| 0:07.4 | for insights about COVID-19 outbreaks |
| 0:09.4 | and an update on the out-of-control wildfires in the west. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus new policies impacting children's vaccinations. |
| 0:15.8 | Apple breaks another record, and what's next for the animal park made famous in Tiger King. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:27.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:30.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:32.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:34.0 | Well tonight is the main event of the Democratic National Convention. |
| 0:40.0 | Former Vice President Joe Biden will formally accept the nomination for President. |
| 0:45.0 | Biden will give his acceptance speech from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. |
| 0:49.2 | His team says he'll talk about his vision for uniting America and moving the country out of chaos in crisis. |
| 0:54.7 | Already on the third night, last night, Senator Kamala Harris formally accepted the vice presidential |
| 0:59.2 | nomination, officially making her the first black woman and first Indian American in history to hold that position. |
| 1:05.2 | In her speech, she talked about her goal of creating a more inclusive country alongside her running mate Joe Biden. |
| 1:10.7 | Former President Obama also spoke last night from the Museum of the American |
| 1:14.2 | Revolution in Philadelphia. He talked about his former Vice President by saying Biden, quote, |
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