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Immigration Plan, FCC vs. Robocalls & 'Big Bang' Finale (+ Food Trends with Vegan Chef Leslie Durso) - Thursday, May 16th, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Thursday, May 16th, 2019!

Today, we're talking about President Trump's newest plan for an immigration overhaul, and why the U.S. says it will not join the global fight against online hate.

Plus: a new plan to fight robocalls, a new Uber feature to avoid chatting with your driver, and a record-breaking TV show comes to an end.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview with Four Seasons Vegan Chef Leslie Durso about why The Economist called 2019 "The Year of the Vegan."

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy helps break it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

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Sources:

New Immigration Plan: AP, The Hill, The Washington Post

Iran Conflict: AP, NYT, NBC News

Online Extremism Pledge: Vox, NBC News, The Hill, NYT, The Verge

FCC vs. Robocalls: Engadget, Gizmodo, WSJ

Low Birth Rate: NPR, WSJ, NBC News

3D Printed Community: De Zeen, NYT

DIY Diagnosis: NPR, Science Magazine, Gizmodo

Uber Quiet Mode: TechCrunch, Vox, CNET

Big Bang Finale: THR, ET, ENews

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Thursday, May 16th.

0:03.2

We're talking about Trump's newest plan for an immigration overhaul and why the U.S. says

0:07.4

it will not join the fight against online hate.

0:10.3

Plus a new plan for robocalls, a new Uber feature so you don't have to chat with your driver,

0:14.8

and a record-breaking TV show comes to an end.

0:17.3

Then hang out after the news for today's thing-to-know Thursday Bonus Interview.

0:25.4

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:27.7

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:30.3

I'm Erica Mandy.

0:31.4

Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this.

0:35.0

Today President Trump is set to lay out his new plan to overhaul the U.S US immigration system and this one would

0:44.4

favor people based on merit. That means people with degrees, high-level skills and

0:49.2

job offers would have a better chance of getting into the US. That's different from our current system.

0:54.3

Right now, immigrants are more likely

0:55.7

to get into the country if they already have family here.

0:58.2

About two-thirds of the green cards issued go to relatives.

1:01.5

But this new plan likely won't get too far. One reason, it doesn't

1:05.2

address the millions of illegal immigrants already in the country, or the

1:08.7

hundreds of thousands of so-called dreamers, young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US's children.

1:15.0

Protecting Dreamers has been a top priority for Democrats.

1:17.8

The AP reports our immigration system has not been overhauled in about three decades, and it'll continue to be an uphill

1:23.8

battle to change it since Democrats and Republicans in Congress just don't agree much

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