Facebook Privacy, Uber Trouble & Cynthia Nixon - Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2018
⏱️ 6 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
All the news you need to know for Tuesday, March 20th, 2018!
Today, more fallout at Facebook over privacy concerns, troubles for Uber's self-driving cars and President Trump's plan for drug dealers.
Plus: the first day of Spring comes with storms, a Sex and the City actress is running for governor and a popular sitcom from the 90s returns...
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:06.1 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:08.4 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:11.1 | Thank you so much for listening. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, more fallout at Facebook over privacy concerns, |
| 0:16.3 | trouble for Uber self-driving cars, |
| 0:18.6 | and President Trump's plan for drug dealers. |
| 0:21.1 | Plus, the first day of spring, the actress running for governor, and the popular sitcom |
| 0:25.3 | Roseanne returns. |
| 0:27.3 | All that end much more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:31.3 | Today is Tuesday, March 20th. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:39.6 | President Trump has a new plan for the opioid crisis and it includes the death penalty for drug |
| 0:44.7 | traffickers. Reuters reports the president says it's time to get tough on the issue. |
| 0:48.8 | A White House official said it would still only be used for specific high-level cases. |
| 0:53.7 | But critics at the ACLU argued the Supreme Court |
| 0:56.6 | has ruled that the death penalty is not allowed |
| 0:59.3 | if the crime didn't involve a murder. |
| 1:01.7 | Another main part of President Trump's plan |
| 1:03.7 | is border control. |
| 1:05.3 | The president says most of the drugs |
| 1:06.9 | are coming from the southern border. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Erica Mandy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Erica Mandy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.