Intimidation Claims, Leaked Audio & UPS Drones - Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019!
Today we're talking about the back-and-forth between top Democrats and the Trump administration as the impeachment inquiry continues. Also, what to know about Hong Kong protests, a ruling in a high-profile lawsuit against Harvard, and who the royal couple is suing.
Plus: what leaked audio from Facebook tells us, and the major step toward deliveries by drone.
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:
Impeachment Inquiry: Washington Post, ABC News, New York Times, Fox News, CBS News,
Hong Kong Protests: NYT, BBC, Reuters
Harvard Lawsuit Ruling: CBS News, NPR
Royal Couple Sues: NBC News, Reuters, BBC
Online Investing Changes: WSJ, Market Watch, CNBC, Yahoo Finance
Facebook's Leaked Audio: The Verge (listen to audio), USA Today, Politico, TechCrunch
UPS Drone Deliveries: WSJ, Gizmodo, Cnet
Crying at Work: Monster.com, Fast Company, CNN
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, October 2nd. |
| 0:02.0 | Another day, another update about the impeachment inquiry. |
| 0:04.8 | And there's now a ruling in the high profile lawsuit |
| 0:07.3 | against Harvard. |
| 0:08.5 | Plus, who Megan Markle is suing, what leaked audio from Facebook tells us, and the major step toward delivery by drone. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:19.8 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:22.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks |
| 0:26.0 | so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:30.0 | Once again, a lot is happening when it comes to the impeachment inquiry. |
| 0:36.0 | So first here's what to expect today. |
| 0:38.0 | CBS News says the State Department Inspector General or the watchdog of that department called for an urgent secure briefing |
| 0:44.4 | on Capitol Hill today. He'll apparently be talking with staffers from several |
| 0:47.8 | House and Senate committees about documents related to Ukraine. Also expect an |
| 0:52.3 | update from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a press |
| 0:54.5 | conference today. As for what's already happened just in the last 24 hours, there's a |
| 0:59.1 | lot of back and forth. House Democrats and the Trump administration are trading threats and accusing each other of intimidation. |
| 1:05.0 | Gox News says Democrats want depositions from five State Department officials over the next week and a half, |
| 1:11.0 | but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was saying not so fast. He doesn't |
| 1:15.1 | think his staffers should show up and says they haven't had enough time to prepare. He |
| 1:18.8 | calls this all just a quote act of intimidation. But on the other side the Washington Post reports top |
| 1:23.9 | Democrats say Pompeo is actually the one being threatening here. They say he's |
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