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Mob Storms Capitol, 50-50 Senate & Amazon's Pledge- Thursday, January 7th, 2021

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Thursday, January 7th, 2021!

We're talking about:

  • the invasion of the U.S. Capitol that forced lawmakers to take cover and evacuate
  • fallout from the Capitol riot, from arrests to resignations at the White House
  • the actual process to finalize the presidential election results
  • who won that second Georgia runoff race and what it means for Congress
  • Amazon pledging billions of dollars to one cause
  • a trickier tax season

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

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Sources:

Protesters Swarm U.S. Capitol: AP, WaPo, USA Today, FOX News, NPR, FBI

U.S. Leaders Respond: Biden, Trump, Bush, Obama, Clinton, Carter

Electoral College Votes Certified: Politico, CBS News, WSJ

White House Resignations: CNN, CNBC, Politico

State Capital Clashes: NBC News, The Hill, Newsweek

Dems Gain Control of U.S. Senate: NY Times, Bloomberg, USA Today, FOX News

Biden Attorney General Pick: CBS News, NY Times, WaPo, NPR

Dow Hits Record Despite Unrest: Marketwatch, WaPo, CNN Business

Amazon Invests in Affordable Housing: The Verge, Fox Business, Ars Technica, Amazon

Thing to Know Thursday: 2020 Taxes: AP, Business Insider, CNBC, IRS

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Thursday, January 7th.

0:02.0

What to know about the invasion of the U.S. Capitol

0:04.3

that forced lawmakers to take cover and evacuate.

0:07.1

And we have the latest fallout from arrests to new White House resignations.

0:11.5

We'll also update you on the actual process

0:13.8

to finalize the presidential election results.

0:16.5

Plus who won that second Georgia runoff race

0:18.8

and what it means for Congress?

0:20.3

Amazon pledges billions of dollars to one cause, we'll explain, and a few things to know about a trickier tax season.

0:28.5

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:31.0

All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica

0:36.3

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

0:49.4

For the first time in more than 200 years the U.S. Capitol building was invaded and overrun. There's a lot we'll get to about what happened and the fallout, but it all started with what was supposed

0:54.0

to be a peaceful rally. Pro-Trump protesters were getting together just as Congress was meeting

0:59.2

to certify and finalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

1:02.6

Around noon, President Trump spoke to the crowds

1:04.8

and told them to walk down to the Capitol.

1:07.0

And he said, quote,

1:08.0

you will never take back our country with weakness.

1:10.1

You have to show strength.

1:12.0

Shortly after that speech, his supporters broke into the

1:14.0

U.S. Capitol. The mob busted through the Capitol doors and windows

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