Election Results, Scam Calls & $1 Trillion Prediction - Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, November 7th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about election results: from a split Congress and high-profile races to historic wins and problems at the polls.
Plus: the FCC fights back on scam calls, another store goes cashier-less and what experts predict will hit $1 trillion for the first time.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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| 0:38.0 | Welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. Today we're talking election results from what happened in high profile races to the historic wins to know, as well as problems at the polls. |
| 0:45.6 | Plus the FCC fights back on scam calls and another store goes cashierless. |
| 0:50.4 | Those stories in more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Wednesday, November 7th. |
| 0:56.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 1:01.0 | It is the day after election day, so let's talk results and what it means. |
| 1:05.8 | It looks like the prediction for Congress we talked about yesterday actually happened. |
| 1:09.4 | Democrats needed to pick up at least 23 seats to take control of the US House and they got more than |
| 1:14.1 | that taking control for the first time in eight years. |
| 1:17.4 | But Republicans kept control of the Senate. |
| 1:20.2 | So this means Congress is split and that could mean gridlock because remember both the |
| 1:25.2 | House and Senate have to pass the same bill to get it sent to the president. |
| 1:29.2 | That said in her victory speech Nancy Pelosi called for bipartisanship. |
| 1:33.7 | She'll likely seek the top job of House Speaker, which she's had before. |
| 1:37.8 | President Trump called her to congratulate her. |
| 1:40.4 | But likely referring to the Senate and other races, president tweeted quote tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all |
| 1:46.3 | And just a reminder the house has the power to bring charges to impeach an official |
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