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Iran Warning, Surprise Gift to Grads & RIP Grumpy Cat - Monday, May 20th, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

Daily News, Society & Culture, News

3.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Monday, May 20th, 2019!

Today, we're talking about the first Republican lawmaker to say this one thing, and what a famous self-help guru is now accused of...

Plus: a billionaire's big surprise to graduating students, Spotify's new plan for your car, and Grumpy Cat remembered...

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. 

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:

More Severe Weather: AccuWeather, ABC News, The Weather Channel, USA Today

Iran Threat: BBC, CBS News, AP, Fox News

A Republican First: NBC News, CNN, Washington Post, The Hill

Trump Lifts Tariffs: AP, NPR, Fortune

Tony Robbins Accused: BuzzFeed News, NBC News

Ohio State Report: AP, USA Today

Billionaire Pays Student Loans: AP, CNN

PGA Championship Winner: CBS Sports, ESPN, YAHOO! Sports

Spotify Smart Assistant: Techradar, Engadget, The Verge

Grumpy Cat Dies: Washington Post, TIME

GoT Series Finale: Workforce Institute, TechCrunch

Weekend Box Office: Variety, USA Today

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Monday, May 20th.

0:03.0

We're talking about the first Republican lawmaker to say this one thing,

0:06.0

and what a famous self-help guru is now accused of.

0:10.0

Plus, a billionaire surprises hundreds of students,

0:12.0

Spotify's new plan for your car, and Grumpy Cat remembered.

0:18.6

Welcome, Welcome to the newsworthy. All the day's news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica

0:26.1

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

0:29.8

More violent weather will hit parts of the US today. We're talking about

0:37.2

tornadoes, extremely large hail and destructive winds. Accue weather says this is

0:41.4

going to hit the southern plains the hardest, including flash flooding in areas like Texas and Oklahoma.

0:47.0

And this is the second round of severe weather now.

0:50.0

Over the weekend already, about 40 tornadoes touched down in the plains.

0:54.0

USA Today says the storms knocked out the power to 60,000 homes

0:58.0

and 1500 flights were delayed.

1:01.0

And it's still not over.

1:02.0

Forecasters say these storms are going to keep heading east.

1:05.0

President Trump sent Iran a strong warning in a tweet that if Iran wants to fight it'll be the end of the country.

1:14.3

Iranian officials say they don't want war but Trump's threat came right after reports of

1:18.1

an explosion outside the US embassy in Iraq. The BBC says no one was hurt in this and as of early this morning it's

1:24.2

not exactly clear who was responsible. But some reports say the rocket

1:27.7

likely came from an area that is home to Iran-backed militias. Both sides say

1:32.4

they don't want war,

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