Monday, September 11th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: This week's news includes significant events such as the 22nd anniversary of 9/11 and multiple natural disasters. In Morocco, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck, leaving thousands injured and over 2,100 dead, with the death toll expected to rise. Hurricane Lee, originally a category 5 storm, has been downgraded to category 2 but may intensify as it moves north, potentially impacting Bermuda and the east coast. Phoenix, Arizona, experienced a record-breaking 54th day with temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit, marking one of the hottest years on record. In a legal development, a federal judge in Georgia rejected Mark Meadows' attempt to move his election-related case to federal court. Lastly, a convicted murderer escaped from a prison in Pennsylvania, prompting a manhunt, with a $20,000 reward for information leading to his capture. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: Moroccans sleep in the streets for 3rd night following an earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives Axios: Intensifying Hurricane Lee brings "dangerous surf" to southeastern U.S. NPR: End may be in sight for Phoenix's historic heat wave of 110-degree-plus weather NY Times: Judge Denies Meadows’s Request to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court AP News: Escaped murderer still at large slips out of search area, steals van, tries to contact ex-co-workers Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, September 11th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.1	by Betches Media.
0:07.1	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5-minute breakdown
0:11.4	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.1	show there is, our government.
0:21.6	We are starting off this week by contending with both the 22nd anniversary of 9-11 and
0:26.7	several Mother Nature-related stories.
0:29.4	Morocco experienced its strongest earthquake in over a century, with the interior ministry
0:34.2	reporting at least 2,500 people injured and over 2,100 people who have died, with that
0:39.2	number expecting to rise.
0:41.2	Friday night's earthquake registered as a magnitude 6.8 and impacted over 300,000 people,
0:46.8	primarily in the High Atlas Mountains region, and Friday's quake was followed by a 3.9
0:51.8	magnitude aftershock on Sunday.
0:55.2	Over in the Atlantic Basin, Hurricane Lee is still playing games.
0:59.2	Although the storm registered on Thursday as a category 5, as of this recording on Sunday
1:03.7	evening, it has again been downgraded to a category 2 storm, but it is expected to slowly
1:08.7	re-intensify as it progresses north.
1:11.4	The National Hurricane Center is now predicting that it will avoid its initial forecast to make
1:15.4	landfall around the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
1:19.3	And it is now possible that it could affect Bermuda, as well as parts of the East Coast
1:23.0	and Canadian maritime provinces late this week, though it will depend on where the storm
1:27.5	turns northward, and it is still too soon to tell.
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