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Morning Announcements

Friday, May 28th, 2021

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, we start with an update on the investigation of the Capitol insurrection and studies claiming COVID-19 vaccines to have long lasting immunity. Next, we move to Egypt’s reported invitation to Israel, Palestine, and Hamas for a summit discussing a long-term ceasefire and Andrew Cuomo’s announcement to deploy state troopers to provide security in light of the rise in antisemitic attacks. Then, we cover a new poll revealing how many Americans agree with QAnon beliefs, why Naomi Osaka will not be speaking with the media during the French Open, and Howard University’s plans to rename its College of Fine Arts after alum, Chadwick Boseman. Our last news story of the day wraps with why Amy Cooper (AKA Central Park Karen) is suing her former employer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, May 28th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by

0:07.4

Betcha's media.

0:08.8

Today's episode is brought to you by Com, the number one mental wellness app.

0:13.2

Sleep more, stress less, live better with Com.

0:16.0

I'm Sammy Sage.

0:17.5

Are we ever getting a commission on the January 6th insurrection?

0:24.2

As of this recording, it appears that there are not enough Republican senators who are

0:27.6

willing to vote yes on the bill that would create a bipartisan commission.

0:31.8

Mitch McConnell reportedly asked the Republican senators to vote against the commission

0:35.2

as a personal favor, and when asked if he would ever reconsider his position on the

0:39.8

filibuster, Senator Joe Manchin said, quote, I'm not ready to destroy our government, no.

0:45.6

So basically he's saying that looking into the people who wanted to destroy our government,

0:49.6

would destroy our government?

0:52.2

According to reporting in the New York Times, two new scientific studies are showing that

0:56.1

immunity to the coronavirus lasts a year, and possibly a lifetime, and that it improves

1:00.9

over time.

1:01.9

These two studies examined individuals who were infected with COVID over a year ago, and

1:06.4

suggest that most people who have recovered from COVID-19 and then were vaccinated likely

1:10.8

will not need booster shots, but people who were vaccinated but never infected may need

1:15.3

booster shots.

1:20.3

Egypt has reportedly invited Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas to Cairo for a summit.

1:25.6

In order to discuss a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, the goal of the summit

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