Friday, August 16th, 2024

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

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Today’s Headlines: Ukraine’s offensive against Russia is gaining momentum, with fighting now spreading beyond the Kursk region into Belgorod. This unexpected push has forced Russia to pull back some troops from inside Ukraine, and Ukrainian intelligence reports they’ve detained over 100 Russian soldiers. Meanwhile, in the US, Trump’s legal team is trying to delay his sentencing for 34 felonies until after the November election, claiming the current September date is politically motivated. On the policy front, the White House secured deals with major pharmaceutical companies to significantly lower the prices of 10 of Medicare’s most expensive drugs by 2026, which could save Americans billions. They also announced ambitious plans to build over 2 million new homes to tackle housing costs, with Kamala Harris adding her own proposals to support first-time homeowners and crack down on corporate price-gouging in the food industry. And as election season heats up, both campaigns have agreed to a vice presidential debate on October 1st, just in time for spooky season. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WA Post: Ukraine offensive in Russia expands beyond Kursk region, soldiers say Axios: Trump casts upcoming sentencing date in N.Y. case as election interference AP News: White House says prescription drug deals will produce billions in savings for taxpayers, seniors White House: FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Actions to Lower Housing Costs by Cutting Red Tape to Build More Housing Axios: Kamala Harris promises food merger crackdown CBS News: VP debate hosted by CBS News set for Oct. 1 between Vance and Walz Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, August 16th and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by
0:06.4	Betches Media.
0:07.4	I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown
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0:53.0	Ukraine's offensive into Russian territory has expanded further than its original foray into the Kursk region earlier this week.
1:00.0	Now with fierce fighting into the region of Belgrade.
1:03.0	Russia has had to pull back some troops from inside Ukraine
1:06.0	as they were caught off guard.
1:07.5	And Ukrainian intelligence announced yesterday
1:09.5	that it has detained over 100 Russian troops. Donald Trump's attorneys made a request in New York court yesterday that his sentencing
1:19.6	for his 34 felonies be delayed until after the November election, on the grounds that the only reason
1:25.1	for keeping the September 18th date is for, quote, election interference objectives.
1:30.4	I seem to remember that this sentencing has already been delayed from July to September,
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