Friday, November 18, 2022
The 7
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🗓️ 18 November 2022
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Friday briefing: Talks break down at COP27; chaos at Elon Musk’s Twitter; Nancy Pelosi; Taylor Swift; World Cup; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Things are not going well at the big global climate talks and apparently you don't want to make an octopus angry I'll explain |
| 0:10.4 | It's the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Jeff Pierre. It is Friday, November 18th. |
| 0:16.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:19.0 | Number one, talks at the United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt have broken down. |
| 0:28.0 | COP27 is supposed to end today and countries haven't made much progress on a new agreement to tackle climate change. |
| 0:36.0 | Developing nations want money from rich nations who are responsible for the most emissions. |
| 0:40.9 | We're still on track for dangerous global warming in less than 80 years, |
| 0:45.0 | unless countries can agree to make more drastic changes. At number two, |
| 0:57.0 | two, Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday |
| 1:00.6 | that she's stepping down as top Democrat in the House after two decades. |
| 1:05.0 | And with great confidence in our caucus, I will not seek re-election to Democratic |
| 1:10.8 | leadership in the next Congress. |
| 1:13.5 | For me, the hours come for a new generation |
| 1:16.2 | to lead the Democratic Caucus that I so deeply respect. |
| 1:20.5 | And I'm grateful that so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibility. |
| 1:27.0 | Pelosi said that she'll still serve as a member of the House. |
| 1:31.0 | She made history as the first woman to become House Speaker and a lot of |
| 1:35.0 | experts say she redefined the role. Congressman Hakim Jeffries of New York is |
| 1:39.8 | so far the early favorite to replace her. |
| 1:43.0 | Number three, it looks like hundreds of workers at Twitter have decided to quit. |
| 1:52.0 | Elon Musk, that's Twitter's new owner. at Twitter have decided to quit. |
| 1:55.0 | Elon Musk, that's Twitter's new owner. |
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