Gulf of America?, SoCal Fires Force Evacuations & Meta Ends Fact-Checks - Wednesday, January 8, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 8 January 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Wednesday, January 8, 2025!
From 'America First' to 'America Expands,' we'll tell you what President-elect Trump has to say about seizing new territory.
Also, we're talking about where homes are burning, and thousands of people are evacuating as a wildfire keeps growing.
And investigators say there's a link between a cybertruck explosion and ChatGPT. We'll explain.
Plus, Meta is ditching its fact-checking program; many Americans' credit scores are getting a boost, and colleges are now helping students become influencers.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, January 8th, from America 1st to America expands. We'll tell you what |
| 0:05.8 | President-elect Trump has to say about seizing new territory, also where homes are burning |
| 0:10.9 | and tens of thousands of people are evacuating as a wildfire keeps growing. An investigator |
| 0:16.5 | say there's a link between a cyber truck explosion and chat GPT. We'll explain. Plus, |
| 0:22.2 | META is ditching its fact-checking program. Many Americans' credit scores are getting a boost, |
| 0:27.2 | and colleges are now helping students become influencers. Those stories and even more news coming up. |
| 0:35.3 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:39.9 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:42.5 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:43.5 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:45.0 | You're ready? |
| 0:45.8 | Let's do this. |
| 0:49.8 | The United States could get a much larger global footprint if President-elect Trump gets his way. |
| 0:55.2 | This week, Trump said he would not rule out using military force to gain control of the Panama |
| 0:59.8 | Canal and Greenland and economic force to acquire Canada. |
| 1:04.5 | He says it's all about national security and financial security for the U.S. |
| 1:08.7 | But none of it would come easily. |
| 1:11.1 | Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hit back at the suggestion of Canada joining the U.S. |
| 1:16.1 | by saying there isn't, quote, a snowball's chance in hell. |
| 1:19.4 | Greenland's prime minister put out a statement to say, quote, |
| 1:22.0 | Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland. |
| 1:24.5 | And Panama's foreign minister has said the ownership of the Panama Canal is not up for |
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