Gas Tax Holiday?, Alexa Mimics Humans & Best in Show- Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 23 June 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, June 23rd, 2022!
What to know about President Biden's latest idea to lower gas prices and why at least one Senator calls it "dead on arrival".
Also, a powerful earthquake is adding to crises in Afghanistan, and Microsoft details Russia's efforts to target the U.S. with cyberattacks.
Plus, why one NFL team owner might have to defend himself to Congress, Amazon's new technology is meant to sort of reconnect you with people you've lost, and a planetary show that hasn't happened yet in this lifetime is now on display.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, June 23rd, what to know about President Biden's latest idea to lower |
| 0:04.6 | gas prices, and why at least one senator is calling it dead on arrival. |
| 0:09.3 | Also a powerful earthquake adding to the crises in Afghanistan, and Russia's efforts to |
| 0:13.7 | target the U.S. with cyber attacks. |
| 0:16.1 | Plus, why one NFL team owner might have to defend himself to Congress. |
| 0:20.6 | Amazon's new technology meant to sort of reconnect you with people you've lost, and |
| 0:24.6 | a planetary show that hasn't happened yet in our lifetime, now on display. |
| 0:31.2 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.7 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:38.1 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:40.9 | You ready? |
| 0:41.9 | Let's do this. |
| 0:46.3 | President Biden is calling on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax, at least for three |
| 0:51.2 | months. |
| 0:52.2 | Congress would save Americans about $0.18 a gallon on gas and $0.24 a gallon on diesel. |
| 0:58.3 | Biden also asked states to suspend their own gas taxes since those run an average of |
| 1:03.4 | $0.30 on the gallon. |
| 1:05.3 | But a lot of economists and lawmakers from both parties don't like the idea of a gas tax |
| 1:09.7 | holiday. |
| 1:10.7 | They say it won't do that much to help people and could actually increase demand, making |
| 1:14.9 | the problem worse in the long term. |
| 1:16.8 | Plus, they say the money from those taxes is necessary to pay for things like highways |
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