Monday, October 3rd, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: After hitting multiple islands and southwestern Florida last week, Hurricane Ian again made landfall on the coast of South Carolina over the weekend as a category 1 storm. In Cuba, where power for the entire country of 11 million people was knocked out by the storm, residents gathered to protest the lack of electricity. Russia attempted to unilaterally annex 4 regions of Ukraine, with Putin claiming that the annexations of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia this past Friday; Ukraine disagrees on the risk of Putin actually using nuclear weapons; Ukraine formally submitted its fast-tracked application for NATO membership. The Justice Department accused a couple of conspiring to provide the Russian government with medical information about U.S. soldiers and their relatives on Friday. Finally for today, Donald Trump escalated his war with none other than Mitch McConnell this weekend. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Florida begins cleanup in aftermath of Ian Reuters: Havana protests flare for second night as Cuba scrambles to turn on lights USA Today: Putin proclaims he's annexing four regions of Ukraine; U.S. slaps new sanctions on Russia: Sept. 30 recap NPR: The pope makes his strongest plea yet for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine NBC: Ukraine retakes a key city Putin claimed to have annexed. Here's why it matters. NBC: Johns Hopkins doctor and Army doctor spouse charged with conspiring to give U.S. soldiers' medical info to Russia Washington Post: Trump escalates attacks on McConnell with ‘DEATH WISH’ post Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, October 3rd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.2	by Betches Media.
0:07.2	On your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:11.1	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:15.2	show there is, our government.
0:22.6	We're starting this week with the latest updates from the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
0:26.9	After hitting multiple islands and southwestern Florida last week, it again made landfall
0:31.3	on the coast of South Carolina over the weekend as a category one storm.
0:35.8	The death toll in Florida is now at 62 people, and over 800,000 people are without power
0:41.0	in Florida, as well as over 450,000 people between the Carolinas and Virginia.
0:47.1	Cleanup work began this weekend, and the state will have to begin several significant
0:50.8	rebuilds, including the bridge to Sanibel Island off the mainland, whose residents have
0:55.2	now been completely cut off.
1:01.7	In Cuba, where power for the entire country of 11 million people was knocked out by the
1:06.0	storm, residents gathered this weekend to protest the lack of electricity, which led to
1:10.8	some of the largest demonstrations since widespread anti-government rallies this summer.
1:15.2	I mean, there's a lot of time for protesting when all of your devices are dead.
1:19.9	The Wall Street Journal also reported on Friday that Cuba's government has made a rare
1:23.6	request for emergency assistance from the Biden administration following the hurricane.
1:28.2	Hopefully, they will say yes before they go back to former Mother Russia.
1:36.4	Speaking of the devil, we also have some important updates on Russia and Ukraine.
1:40.6	On Friday at the Kremlin, Russia attempted to unilaterally annex four regions of Ukraine,
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