Iran's Revenge Attack, Ivanka Talks Tech & Girl Scout Cookies - Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, January 8th, 2020!
What to know today about an attack on U.S. forces in Iraq, and a Boeing plane crash in Iran.
Plus: the billionaires buying dueling Super Bowl ads, the popular country music group splitting up, Google's latest smart home tech, and the new type of Girl Scout cookie...
Those stories and 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:
Iran's revenge attack, Trump to address nation: Washington Post, NYT, NBC News, ABC News, MarketWatch, CNN
Ukrainian plane crash in Iran: Reuters, NBC News
State of emergency in Puerto Rico: ABC News, Weather Channel, Washington Post
Seattle students can't go to school unvaccinated: Fox News, USA Today
Trump and Bloomberg dueling Super Bowl ads WSJ, Politico, ABC News
CES updates: TechCrunch, CNET, AP
Ivanka Trump talks tech: WaPo, Variety, Gizmodo
Facebook bans deepfake videos: Business Insider, TechCrunch, Vox, Facebook
Uber activates PIN system: CNET, AP
Rascal Flatts is breaking up: Variety, Yahoo Entertainment
New Girl Scout cookie: NBC News, CNN
Work Wednesday - Companies who ghost: Forbes, Fast Company
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, January 8th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about an attack on U.S. forces in Iraq |
| 0:05.0 | and a Boeing plane crash in Iran. |
| 0:07.0 | Plus, the two billionaires buying dueling Super Bowl ads, |
| 0:10.0 | the popular country music group splitting up, |
| 0:12.0 | and the new type of Girl Scout Cookie. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome, Welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:19.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:21.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:26.5 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:28.6 | Iran has fired back against the US as promised. So this morning President Trump is |
| 0:36.3 | expected to address the nation. For now here's what we know. The Washington |
| 0:40.2 | Post reports Iran launched at least a dozen ballistic missiles toward two military bases in Iraq |
| 0:44.8 | that house U.S. troops. As of early this morning, the AP reports there are no immediate reports of American deaths, |
| 0:50.9 | but they're still assessing the situation. |
| 0:53.2 | President Trump tweeted last night that, quote, all is well, and so far so good. |
| 0:57.6 | Iranian state TV made it clear the attack was revenge. |
| 1:00.9 | Remember, the U.S. killed one of the country's top generals, Kasam Salimani, last week. |
| 1:05.7 | The Pentagon said Solimani has been responsible for hundreds of American deaths in the past |
| 1:09.5 | and was behind a recent breach at a U.S. embassy. |
| 1:12.3 | The New York Times reports Iran is now threatening |
| 1:14.6 | bigger attacks if the US strikes again. Iran is also threatening Israel and Dubai. |
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