Historic Protest, Trade Letter & OJ Simpson's Twitter - Monday, June 17th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, June 17th, 2019!
Today, what to know about a historic protest in Hong Kong, and why President Trump reportedly fired some people working on his re-election campaign.
Plus: AI for the construction industry, a major NBA trade, and what OJ Simpson is now saying on Twitter.
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:
Hong Kong Protests: AP, The Hill, Reuters, CBS News, CNBC
South America Blackout: The Guardian, AP, CNN
Trump Polls: NYT, NBC News, Washington Post
Letter to Trump: NPR, Reuters, CNN, Business Insider
Target Outage: TechCrunch, CNBC, USA Today
Construction AI Tool: MIT Technology Review, Forbes
US Open: USA Today, CBS Sports
World Cup: CBS Sports, ESPN
Babe Ruth Jersey: ABC News, ESPN
OJ Simpson's Twitter: People, Entertainment Tonight
Weekend Box Office: Variety, Business Insider
MTV Movie & TV Awards: E! News
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, June 17th. |
| 0:03.0 | What to know about a historic protest in Hong Kong, |
| 0:05.0 | and who President Trump just fired, |
| 0:08.0 | plus AI for Construction, a major NBA trade, |
| 0:12.0 | and what OJ Simpson is now doing on Twitter. |
| 0:14.8 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:19.2 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:21.5 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:32.1 | We start today with a massive protest in Hong Kong. |
| 0:35.0 | Organizers say nearly 2 million people took to the streets to protest a controversial |
| 0:39.6 | extradition bill over the weekend. |
| 0:41.6 | If that number is confirmed confirmed it would be the largest |
| 0:43.7 | protest in Hong Kong's history and more protests are happening today. People are |
| 0:48.2 | planning to boycott work and classes and it's all gotten Hong Kong's leader |
| 0:52.0 | to apologize and put that controversial |
| 0:54.4 | bill on hold. Remember if passed that bill would mean people accused of certain |
| 0:59.2 | crimes could be sent to mainland China for trial. |
| 1:02.1 | Protesters are afraid the law will target political could be sent to mainland China for trial. |
| 1:02.5 | Protesters are afraid the law will target political dissidents |
| 1:05.7 | and give China more power over the territory of Hong Kong. |
| 1:08.8 | CBS News reports that leaders change of heart |
| 1:11.0 | to say sorry and suspend the bill still may not be enough. |
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