Dueling Town Halls, Europe's Second Wave & West Wing Reunion- Thursday, October 15th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 15 October 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, October 15th, 2020!
We're talking about:
- what President Trump and Joe Biden are doing tonight instead of debating each other, like originally planned, and why it won't be easy for people to watch them both
- an international conflict getting uglier
- Europe taking new steps to deal with its highest COVID-19 numbers ever
- astronauts setting a new record
- how Walmart plans to avoid Black Friday crowds this year
- the cast of a popular show from the early 2000s reuniting for a good cause
All that and more in just 10 minutes
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Sources:
Biden, Trump Town Halls Tonight: NBC News, AP, FOX News, CNN
Judge Barrett Hearings Wrap Up: WaPo, The Week, Politico, CNN, WSJ, Economist Analyst
Armenia-Azerbaijan Clashes: AP, Reuters, The Hill, Pompeo Tweet
Europe Highest-Ever COVID Numbers: WSJ, NPR, NY Times, Reuters
Barron Trump Tested Positive for COVID-19: AP, WaPo, Axios, White House
CDC: COVID Spreading Through Small Gatherings: CNN, The Hill, CBS News, CDC
Record-Breaking ISS Flight: Space.com, BBC, AP
No NFL Pro Bowl this Year: Bleacher Report, USA Today, CBS Sports, NFL
SEC Games Postponed: AP, USA Today, ESPN
Walmart Spreading Out Black Friday Deals: AP, NBC News, Reuters, Walmart
West Wing Reunion: CNN, AP, The Guardian
Thing to Know Thursday: Which Generations Make up the American Electorate? Pew, Brookings, Axios, The Hill
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, October 15th. We'll explain what President Trump and Joe Biden are doing tonight |
| 0:05.2 | instead of debating each other like originally planned and why it won't be easy for people to watch them both. |
| 0:11.2 | Also an international conflict gets uglier and Europe is |
| 0:14.6 | taking new steps to deal with its highest COVID-19 numbers ever. Plus astronauts |
| 0:19.1 | just set a new record how Walmart plans to avoid Black Friday crowds this year and the cast of a popular |
| 0:24.4 | show from the early 2000 reunites for a good cause. |
| 0:29.4 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:34.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:38.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.5 | You ready? |
| 0:40.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:51.0 | Both President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are going to be answering questions from voters tonight, but they won't be together. |
| 0:52.0 | Remember the debate that was supposed to happen tonight was cancelled. |
| 0:55.5 | Instead, President Trump is going to take part in a town hall with NBC News in Miami. |
| 1:00.3 | Former Vice President Joe Biden is appearing at an ABC News town hall in Philadelphia. |
| 1:05.0 | Both events are scheduled for 8 PM Eastern just on different networks. |
| 1:09.0 | NBC is facing some backlash over scheduling its event with Trump at the same time. |
| 1:13.7 | The ABC Biden debate was announced first, and critics say NBC should not be making voters |
| 1:18.2 | choose which one to watch if they're interested in hearing what both candidates have to say |
| 1:21.7 | in that voter Q&A format. |
| 1:23.8 | On Twitter, boycott NBC was a trending topic |
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