House Divided, Contagious New Variant & Smart Tech Unveiled- Thursday, January 5, 2023
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, January 5, 2023!
What to know about the battle for the gavel: how a crucial political contest is playing out while the U.S. House is at a standstill.
Also, the good and bad news about the latest Covid-19 variant sweeping the country.
Plus, big American companies are announcing thousands of layoffs, why there's new interest in women's sports, and what up-and-coming technology is on display today: from TVs to toilets.
Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, January 5th, what to know about the battle for the gavel, how a crucial |
| 0:04.9 | political contest is playing out while the U.S. House is at a standstill. |
| 0:09.3 | Also the good and bad news about the latest COVID-19 variant sweeping the country, plus |
| 0:14.0 | which big American companies are announcing thousands of layoffs, while there's new |
| 0:18.1 | interest in women's sports. |
| 0:20.3 | And what up-and-coming technology is on display today from TVs to toilets? |
| 0:25.0 | Those stories and more are coming up. |
| 0:28.9 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:33.1 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:38.3 | You ready? |
| 0:39.3 | Let's do this. |
| 0:43.8 | Another day of negotiations and three more rounds of voting, and the U.S. House appears |
| 0:48.2 | no closer electing a speaker. |
| 0:50.5 | Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is still the closest one to the job, but he doesn't quite |
| 0:54.7 | have the support since all Democrats and 20 GOP lawmakers are voting against him. |
| 1:00.0 | Overall McCarthy needs support from 218 lawmakers, but he only has the votes from 202 of them. |
| 1:07.0 | Even Democratic Party leader Hakeem Jeffries has more since all 212 Dems are backing him. |
| 1:13.0 | Even still McCarthy says under no circumstance would he leave the speaker's race. |
| 1:17.2 | So he and his allies are busy trying to convince the conservative holdouts. |
| 1:21.5 | Some have made demands about certain committee assignments or chamber rules. |
| 1:25.8 | Others say they'll never vote for McCarthy, no matter what he offers, saying he's not conservative |
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