Microsoft Co-Founder, NBA Opening Week & Royal Baby - Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, October 16th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about a new take on the mystery of a missing journalist, a lawsuit against President Trump and the passing of Microsoft's co-founder.
Plus: the newest "Palm" device, the NBA season opens and a new royal baby.
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:
Missing Journalist Latest: Reuters, WSJ
Trump Visits Florida, Georgia: AP, NYT
Stormy Daniels Case Dismissed: ABC News, FOX News, CNN
Microsoft Co-Founder Dies: Business Insider, CNBC, AP
MIT's New AI College: TechCrunch
NBA Opening Week: CBS Sports (full schedule), Sports Illustrated
The Conners Series Premiere: THR, USA Today
Royal Baby: People, Time, NYT, news.com.au
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:05.6 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:07.7 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:10.5 | Today, there's a new take on the mystery of a missing journalist and the world says |
| 0:14.7 | goodbye to Microsoft's co-founder. Plus a phone the size of your hand that's not |
| 0:19.5 | really a phone and a new royal baby. Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:26.2 | Today is Tuesday, October 16th. |
| 0:28.8 | You ready, let's do this. |
| 0:30.8 | There's a new take on what may have happened to a missing Saudi journalist based in the |
| 0:38.2 | U.S. A possible change of story. Now the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reports |
| 0:43.0 | Saudi officials may say it was an interrogation gone wrong that |
| 0:47.2 | Jamal Koshoggi was killed by mistake. But no official statement at this point. |
| 0:51.5 | In fact, President Trump talked with King Salmon of |
| 0:53.8 | Saudi Arabia on a call yesterday and said he flat out denied it. President Trump |
| 0:58.6 | suggested that perhaps it was, quote, rogue killers. Critics say Trump just became Saudi Arabia's PR. |
| 1:04.9 | Others say there's still no proof of anything either way. |
| 1:08.2 | But there is growing pressure on everyone involved |
| 1:10.6 | to figure this out. |
| 1:11.9 | And the whole thing has brought on quite a bit of tension |
| 1:14.3 | between the US and Saudi Arabia. |
| 1:16.4 | Powerful US executives have backed out |
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