Mask Mandate Debate, Most Valuable Automaker & 90s Cartoon Comeback (+ Voting in a Pandemic)- Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, July 2nd, 2020!
What to know today about:
- announcements to slow down or reverse reopening plans
- guidance for schools from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- a reported change to the NFL preseason
- NASA giving big money to small businesses
- the cartoon making a comeback for a new generation
...and more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for the Thing to Know Thursday bonus interview. Our guest talks about the impact of a pandemic on voting.
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Sources:
More States Reverse Reopenings: AP, USA Today, CBS News, NY Times
AAP Gives School Guidance: AAP, WSJ, NYT
Case Count/Death Toll: Johns Hopkins, CNN
Trump Changes Tone on Masks: AP, CNN, FOX News, USA Today
Mask Mandate Could Save Economy: USA Today, CNBC, ABC News, Business Insider
Congress Extends Paycheck Protection Program: Axios, NY Times, CNN, CNBC
Seattle Protest Zone Cleared: Seattle Times, AP, Reuters, WSJ, FOX News, Mayor Durkan
Richmond, VA Confederate Statues Removed: WaPo, CNN, FOX News, Axios
DHS Guarding Monuments: AP, Al Jazeera, ABC News
World's Most Valuable Automaker: TechCrunch, CNBC, Forbes, CNN
NASA Pays Millions to Small Biz: TechCrunch, NASA
Odwalla Going Out of Business: FOX Business, WSJ, Business Insider, CNN
NFL Shortens Preseason: USA Today, ESPN, AP
Beavis & Butthead Comeback: AP, CNN, MTV, Variety
TTKT: Voting in a Pandemic: Vote.org, Rockthevote.org, CBS News, NY Times, The Atlantic
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, July 2nd. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about new announcements around the country to slow down or reverse reopening plans |
| 0:06.7 | and what President Trump now says about the mask mandate debate. |
| 0:10.2 | Plus the reported change to the NFL pre-season, why NASA is giving big money to small businesses, |
| 0:15.9 | and which cartoon is making a comeback for a new generation. |
| 0:19.2 | Then hangout after the news for Thing to note Thursday's bonus interview about the impact of a pandemic on voting. |
| 0:26.4 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:30.7 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm America Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You |
| 0:36.2 | ready? Let's do this. American bars, restaurants, gyms, and theaters are having to scrap reopening plans in several states. |
| 0:47.0 | It's out of an abundance of caution or in some places necessity. |
| 0:50.5 | COVID-19 outbreaks keep growing more severe from coast to coast. |
| 0:54.0 | California is one of the states scaling back reopening. It decided to reclose |
| 0:58.0 | bars, theaters, and indoor restaurant dining statewide. Arizona closed water parks, bars, gyms, and movie theaters for at least the next 30 days. |
| 1:07.2 | Some Northeastern states are also taking preventative measures even though the virus hasn't truly |
| 1:11.2 | had a comeback there yet. |
| 1:12.9 | New York City decided not to reopen restaurants for indoor dining next week as planned. |
| 1:17.9 | Still the worst of these outbreaks is in the south and the west. |
| 1:20.7 | In fact, another record was broken yesterday. For the first time, the number of new COVID-19 the in Texas. Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee also set single day records for new cases. |
| 1:35.6 | And Arizona reached high marks in all meaningful categories, new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations. |
| 1:41.6 | Vice President Mike Pence visited Arizona to discuss the outbreak with state leaders. |
| 1:45.8 | He told them the federal government would send 500 health care workers to help out since state hospitals |
| 1:50.5 | have become overwhelmed. |
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