Green New Deal, Amazon Blackmail & Grammys - Friday, February 8th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, February 8th, 2019!
Today, what to know about the heated testimony expected at the Capitol today, and the latest about the Green New Deal.
Plus, Ford's big investment, who allegedly blackmailed Amazon's CEO and why scientists are altering DNA.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Whitaker Testifies: The Hill, Vox, CBS News, WSJ
Green New Deal: ABC News, Reuters, FOX News
More Cold Weather: AccuWeather, USA Today
Ford Investment: NBC News
Bank Merger: BusinessInsider, CNN
Editing Genes?: Washington Post
Facebook Data Collection: NYT, CNN
Amazon Self-Driving Car WIRED, CNBC
Woody Allen Sues Amazon: Variety, TechCrunch
Amazon Blackmail: WSJ
Gucci Blackface Sweater: AP News
Adidas Criticism: Quartz
Grammys Sunday: VOX
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| 0:20.1 | Christmas. |
| 0:23.0 | Better with Pepsi Max. |
| 0:27.0 | Today is Friday, February 8th. |
| 0:29.0 | We're talking about the heated testimony expected at the Capitol today |
| 0:32.0 | and the latest about the Green New Deal. |
| 0:34.7 | Plus Ford's big investment, who allegedly blackmailed Amazon CEO, and why scientists are altering |
| 0:40.8 | DNA. DNA. Welcome, to the newsworthy. |
| 0:47.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:50.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:57.0 | Controversial testimony expected today in the House. Acting |
| 1:04.6 | Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is supposed to testify, although there was a |
| 1:08.4 | bit of a standoff between Whitaker and Democrats yesterday. The committee |
| 1:12.1 | voted to subpoena Whitaker if he decides not to show up. |
| 1:15.6 | Well Whitaker pushed back on that saying he'd only testify if he was promised he would not be subpoenaed. |
| 1:21.0 | So the Hill reports the House committee said okay okay, we won't subpoena you if you |
| 1:24.7 | show up. Assuming he does, he'll likely be asked about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's |
| 1:28.8 | Russia investigation and his communication with the president about it. |
| 1:32.6 | Remember right now as Attorney General Whitaker is overseeing that investigation. |
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