Dozens of Tornadoes, Rowdy Town Halls & March Madness Begins - Monday, March 17, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 17 March 2025
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The news to know for Monday, March 17, 2025!
We’re talking about a severe weather outbreak that spawned dozens of tornadoes, leaving a trail of damage across several states.
Also, new questions over a wartime act to target accused Venezuelan gang members in the U.S.
Plus, we’ll tell you how one-time VP candidate Tim Walz is stepping back into the national spotlight, the latest warning about a viral trend that could make you sick, and it’s March… now time to bring on the madness—what to know about the start of the NCAA tournament.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, March 17th. |
| 0:02.0 | We're talking about a severe weather outbreak that spawned dozens of tornadoes leaving a trail of damage across several states. |
| 0:07.8 | Also, new questions over a wartime act to target accused Venezuelan gang members in the U.S. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus, we'll tell you how one-time VP candidate Tim Walls is stepping back into the national spotlight. |
| 0:18.0 | The latest warning about a viral trend that could make you sick. |
| 0:21.3 | And it's March. Time to bring on the madness, what to know about the start of the NCAA tournament. Those |
| 0:26.2 | stories and even more news to know next. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the Day's Newsworthy, |
| 0:32.7 | all the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being |
| 0:39.6 | here. You ready? Let's do this. We start today with a deadly severe weather outbreak that brought |
| 0:48.1 | destruction to eight states from Missouri to Georgia. The massive storm system spawned at least 81 tornadoes as well as flood severe |
| 0:55.5 | dust storms and wildfires. Home, schools and businesses were leveled and at least 40 people died. |
| 1:01.7 | Hundreds more were hurt, and the numbers could rise since there are people still listed as missing. |
| 1:06.6 | And officials are still totaling the devastation. These storms finally exited the U.S. last night. |
| 1:11.8 | But another wave of thunderstorms is now over the Great Lakes and could turn severe as it heads east today. |
| 1:17.5 | Plus, there's still a high risk of fires throughout the mid-south. Stay tuned. |
| 1:23.9 | In a highly controversial move, the Trump administration went ahead with a plan to deport accused |
| 1:28.7 | criminals in the U.S. despite a judge's ruling. The U.S. deported more than 200 people from Venezuela |
| 1:33.8 | and sent them to a notorious supermax prison in El Salvador. The U.S. and Salvadorian governments |
| 1:39.4 | say all of the migrants were members of dangerous gangs. The Trump administration was able to deport them |
| 1:44.4 | by invoking an 18th century wartime law that lets the government take action without many of the |
| 1:49.9 | legal processes typical in immigration cases. Well, over the weekend, a federal judge actually issued an |
| 1:55.4 | order keeping the Trump administration from doing just that. When the ruling came down, |
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