Election Interference Report, Wall Street Record & New Girl Scout Cookie- Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, August 19th, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- a change of plans for the USPS and why lawmakers say its leader needs to explain himself
- a DNC recap as Democrats officially nominate Joe Biden for president
- key takeaways from a new report on election interference
- a new record on Wall Street
- Microsoft's new competition in its bid for TikTok
- what could soon be your new favorite Girl Scout cookie
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Postal Service Suspends Cuts: AP, WaPo, Axios, CNN
Coronavirus Outbreaks: Johns Hopkins, Reuters, WaPo, CNBC
Latest College Changes: AP, CNN, Poynter, Inside HigherEd
Senate Report on Russia Investigation: WaPo, Axios, NBC News, NY Times, WSJ, Full Report
DNC Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Preview: Politico, CNN, WSJ, WaPo, ABC News, CBS News
Trump RNC Speech Preview: WaPo, USA Today, FOX News
S&P 500 Closes at Record High: CNBC, WSJ, WaPo, AP
Oracle in Talks to buy TikTok: CNBC, The Guardian, Reuters, WSJ
Asteroid Makes Close Pass by Earth: Space.com, CBS News, Cnet
New Toast-Yay Girl Scout Cookie: USA Today, CNN, Forbes, Girl Scouts
Work Wednesday: Amazon to Add Thousands of Corporate/Tech Jobs: TechCrunch, CNBC, Amazon
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, August 19th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about a change of plans at the U.S. Postal Service |
| 0:05.0 | and why lawmakers still say its leader needs to explain himself. |
| 0:08.5 | Also a DNC recap as Democrats officially nominate Joe Biden for president and key |
| 0:13.6 | takeaways from a new report on election interference. Plus Wall Street |
| 0:17.3 | hits a record Microsoft's new competition in its bid for Tik-Tock and there could |
| 0:21.5 | be a new favorite Girl Scout cookie on its way. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome, Welcome to the Newsworthy. |
| 0:28.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:30.4 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:35.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:38.0 | Postmaster General is now saying he'll hold off on changes because of growing concerns |
| 0:45.4 | it could threaten mail and voting. Postmaster General Louis de Joy now says he's pressing |
| 0:50.2 | pause to avoid even the appearance of impact on election mail. |
| 0:54.6 | And quote, we will deliver the nation's election mail on time. |
| 0:58.2 | Remember, just last week, the US Postal Service warned that nearly every state might have |
| 1:01.9 | ballots go uncounted because of |
| 1:03.8 | slowdowns. In the last few weeks Dejoy has introduced measures like eliminating |
| 1:08.1 | overtime for mail carriers, reducing post office hours, and removing mailboxes. |
| 1:13.3 | He says it's all in an effort to save the Postal Service some money, since the service has been |
| 1:17.5 | struggling for more than a decade now. |
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