Farmers Bailout, Weinstein Deal & 3D Body Scans - Friday, May 24th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, May 24th, 2019!
Today, what to know about billions of dollars going to farmers, and the multimillion dollar deal Harvey Weinstein just made.
Plus: Memorial Day, a mile-wide asteroid, 3D body scans and a new feature on Rotten Tomatoes.
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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Sources:
Disaster Funding Bill: CNN, NBC News, Politico
Harvey Weinstein Deal: Page Six, ABC News, WSJ
Last Slave Ship Found: USA Today, Washington Post, Live Science
Weekend Weather: Accuweather,
Missouri Tornado: The Weather Channel, NYT
Asteroid Flyby: NBC News
Memorial Day: History
Beef Recall: USDA (list of recalled items), FOX News, CBS News
Facebook's Record Removal: Axios, Bloomberg, Engadget
AT&T & Bitcoin: Engadget, CNET
3D Body Scans: Business Insider, CNET
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, May 24th. What to know about billions of taxpayer dollars going to farmers and the multi-million dollar deal Harvey Weinstein just made. |
| 0:09.0 | Plus a mile wide asteroid, why Amazon will pay you for a 3D body scan and the new thing to look for on |
| 0:14.4 | rotten tomatoes. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes fast fair fun and on the go I'm Erica |
| 0:26.0 | Mandy thanks so much for being here you ready let's do this the Trump administration will give 16 billion dollars to help farmers. |
| 0:37.0 | NPR reports it's meant to keep them afloat as they deal with the consequences of the US-China trade tensions, which it seems is not going away |
| 0:44.4 | anytime soon. The money will go to farmers who grow a variety of crops from |
| 0:48.4 | soybeans to chickpeas to cherries, as well as help dairy and pork producers. |
| 0:53.2 | Remember, after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports, |
| 0:56.6 | China retaliated, placing a higher tax on US goods |
| 0:59.8 | sent to China, and the farming industry has been hit hard. |
| 1:03.0 | Keep in mind, many farmers are Trump supporters, |
| 1:06.0 | so this financial bailout is likely President Trump trying to keep it that way. |
| 1:10.0 | Speaking of aid, a $19 billion disaster relief bill is expected to head to the President's desk. |
| 1:15.2 | The House is expected to pass it today and the Senate approved it yesterday. |
| 1:19.0 | The money will go to places hit by recent natural disasters. |
| 1:22.8 | But we didn't get here without months of tense negotiations first. |
| 1:26.5 | The president wanted the deal to include money for a border wall, |
| 1:29.6 | but did not want to give any more money to Puerto Rico's hurricane recovery. |
| 1:33.0 | Well, NBC News reports the bill does give money to Puerto Rico and does not give it to the border. |
| 1:38.0 | So it took a while for Trump to come around on this one, but apparently he has. |
| 1:42.0 | Trump now says he supports it and is expected to sign the bill. |
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