Hurricane to Hit Gulf Coast, Kidnapping Plot Busted & Driverless Taxis Available- Friday, October 9th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 9 October 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, October 9th, 2020!
What to know about:
- a hurricane headed for Louisiana: why it could be "take two" for an area still recovering from another big storm
- the next presidential debate and why it might not happen
- a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor
- a ride-hailing service offering fully-autonomous rides with no driver
- how the royal family is involved in giving away millions of dollars for the best ideas
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
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Sources:
LA Preparing for Hurricane Delta: Weather Channel, USA Today, Reuters, AP, NHC, Red Cross
Plot Against Michigan Governor: The Detroit News, AP, NY Times, Reuters, Trump Tweet
Next Presidential Debate Uncertain: AP, WSJ. Politico, Commission on Presidential Debates
Trump Health Update: AP, Reuters, WaPo, Axios, CDC
NFL Reschedules More Games: WaPo, SI, ESPN
Driverless Taxis Open to Public: TechCrunch, Reuters, Ars Technica
Android's New Sound Notifications: The Verge, Engadget, Google
Prince William, David Attenborough's 'Earthshot' Award: AP, CNBC, BBC, Earthshot
Harry, Meghan, Malala Yousafzai Initiative: AP, The Hill, People
H&M Recycling Old Clothes: CNN, Fast Company, H&M
Feel Good Friday: 7-Year-Old Starts Nonprofit: WaPo, People, Cool & Dope
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, October 9th. |
| 0:01.8 | What to know about a hurricane heading for Louisiana tonight? |
| 0:04.6 | Why it could be take two for an area still recovering from a different storm. |
| 0:08.6 | Also, the next presidential debate might not happen, |
| 0:11.1 | we'll tell you why, and a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor stopped just in time. |
| 0:15.4 | Plus which ride-hailing service is officially offering fully autonomous rides with |
| 0:19.3 | no driver and how the Royal Family is involved in giving away millions of dollars for the best ideas. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:29.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:31.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You |
| 0:37.0 | ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:39.0 | Well, people who live along the Louisiana coastline are now either |
| 0:45.3 | evacuated or hunkered down as Hurricane Delta approaches. As of early this |
| 0:49.6 | morning the National Hurricane Center says Delta is a category 3 storm packing 120 mile |
| 0:54.7 | an hour winds along with life-threatening storm surge. |
| 0:57.7 | It's expected to make landfall tonight. |
| 0:59.7 | And at least one National Weather Service meteorologist says it's looking like this could be the worst |
| 1:03.4 | case scenario for Lake Charles and the rest of southwestern Louisiana. |
| 1:07.2 | That area is still dealing with the fallout from Hurricane Laura. |
| 1:10.5 | Damage from Laura was so bad that thousands of families still have not been able to return to their home since late August. |
| 1:15.5 | And while the delta storm is not expected to be quite as strong, it could still do a lot of damage and debris left over from Laura could pose even more dangerous to people who |
| 1:24.3 | decided not to evacuate. The good news though people seem to be taking this |
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