Grand Re-Opening, Grand Re-Closing
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What A Day
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🗓️ 22 May 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
China’s leaders are poised to impose a controversial new national security law in Hong Kong. The law would reportedly ban secession, subversion of state power, foreign interference, and terrorism. All that will essentially put Hong Kong more under China’s control and political system.
Facebook has followed Twitter’s lead and will move to allow employees to work more from home, even after the pandemic. Two Ford factories had grand re-openings and grand re-closings this week. Both factories saw employees test positive for COVID-19 after returning to work and had to shut down.
And we’re joined by comedian, writer, and actor Janelle James for headlines: New Zealand’s PM endorses a 4-day work week, Kendall Jenner pays for Fyre Fest post, and Aunt Becky pleads guilty.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, May 22nd. I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:08.6 | And I'm Gideon Resonac, and this is what a day where we're all stoked for a Memorial Day weekend of really good behavior. |
| 0:15.0 | That's right. I can't wait to just kick back, follow the rules, and be super safe. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm gonna behave myself into oblivion. |
| 0:22.6 | That's actually your personal brand. |
| 0:24.4 | That is. That's every weekend. |
| 0:30.0 | Before we get to the show, a quick announcement. We're gonna be off on Monday from Memorial Day, but we will be back on Tuesday. |
| 0:41.0 | On today's show, China moves to expand its power over Hong Kong, then some headlines. |
| 0:46.0 | But first, the latest. |
| 0:48.0 | This was supposed to be the last broadcast of our season, but seasons are jumbled in the age of COVID-19. |
| 0:54.0 | Spring has been taken and summer is thinning. |
| 0:57.0 | If there is baseball, the season will be shorter and with no fans. |
| 1:01.0 | The boardwalk might look a little more like it does in winter. |
| 1:04.0 | Wow. Okay. So that was a clip from 60 minutes that goes on to say they're going to be playing Titanic instead of doing the news next week. |
| 1:12.0 | That's a great idea. I can't believe we did that. |
| 1:15.0 | But you know what guys? I think that TV has completely lost its mind. |
| 1:18.0 | Agreed. And now to the news, another 2.4 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week. |
| 1:24.0 | This comes even as businesses in many parts of this country have started to reopen. |
| 1:29.0 | Republicans in Congress and the White House continue to say they want to hold off on providing more economic relief until they see how reopening goes. |
| 1:37.0 | Hopefully they take a look at this number and think about their choices for a second. |
| 1:41.0 | Meanwhile, economists are growing increasingly concerned that temporary job losses will become permanent as we move into a socially distanced new normal. |
| 1:51.0 | A new analysis from Stanford estimates that over 40% of recent jobs that were lost won't come right back. |
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