Election Security, New Human Organ? & Goodbye Quibi- Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 22 October 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, October 22nd, 2020!
We're talking about:
- new evidence Russia and Iran tried to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election and the emailed threats that are fake
- tonight's presidential debate
- a controversial first from the pope
- which cities are seeing record snowfall for this time of year
- what could be a newly-discovered human organ
- why the mobile streaming service Quibi is shutting down after just six months
All that and more in just 10 minutes
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Sources:
Election Security Warnings: WaPo, Axios, NPR, USA Today, Politico
Final Presidential Debate: WSJ, NBC News, FOX News, NY Times
Senate Panel Voting on Amy Coney Barrett: CNN, HuffPost, FOX News
Trouble Reuniting Separated Families: NBC News, NY Times, Axios
Pope Backs Same-Sex Civil Unions: AP, NY Times, USA Today
Record Snow in Northern U.S.: WaPo, ABC News, Weather Channel
Scientists Discover Human Organ: CNN, Live Science, NY Times
Purdue Pharma Pleading Guilty: CNN, USA Today, AP, WaPo
Three Astronauts Return to Earth: CNN, CBS News, NASA
Quibi Shutting Down: WSJ, Engadget, Reuters, Quibi
Thing to Know Thursday: 2020 Battleground States: Politico, USA Today, WaPo, NY Times
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, October 22nd. |
| 0:02.1 | What to know about new evidence that Russia and Iran |
| 0:04.8 | have tried to interfere in the 2020 US election |
| 0:07.4 | and the emailed threats that are fake. |
| 0:09.6 | Also what to expect from tonight's presidential debate |
| 0:12.0 | and a controversial first from the Pope. |
| 0:14.7 | Plus which cities are seeing record snowfall for this time of year? |
| 0:17.8 | A team of doctors discovered what could be a new human organ and the mobile streaming |
| 0:21.9 | service Quibi is shutting down after just six months. |
| 0:27.1 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:31.3 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:34.1 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:36.7 | You ready? |
| 0:37.6 | Let's do this. |
| 0:38.7 | Top intelligence officials are warning Americans about real threats to |
| 0:45.4 | election security with just 12 days left in the presidential race. They say |
| 0:49.7 | both Iran and Russia have gotten their hands on US voter registration information and |
| 0:54.4 | that Iran has already used that info to send registered Democrats threatening emails. |
| 0:59.2 | The Washington Post reports some messages have claimed to be from the Proud Boys, which is a far right group that |
| 1:04.3 | supports President Trump. |
| 1:06.1 | But Intelligence officials say the Proud Boys did not actually send those emails. |
| 1:10.1 | Instead, they track them down to someone working on behalf of the Iranian government. |
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