Mueller Report Released, Opioids Sting & Most Influential People (+ College Admissions Scandal with Dan Golden) - Thursday, April 18th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2019
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, April 18th, 2019!
We're talking about the big reveal on Capitol Hill today. What to expect from the Mueller report...
Plus: the brain research that will have you thinking about life, problems with an expensive smartphone, and the most influential people.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Then hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview about the recent college admissions scandal. Hear from Dan Golden, a senior editor for ProPublica. Golden won a Pulitzer as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal for a series about college admissions and expanded that series into a critically acclaimed 2006 national bestseller, "The Price of Admission."
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Mueller Report Release: NYT, NBC News, AP, CNN, Report Released Here
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NASA Record: The Verge, Space.com
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, April 18th. The big reveal on Capitol Hill today what to expect from the Mueller report. |
| 0:06.0 | Plus the brain research that will have you thinking about life, problems with an expensive smartphone and the most influential people. |
| 0:13.0 | Then hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview, |
| 0:16.0 | all about the college admissions scandal. |
| 0:21.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:23.2 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.4 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:28.2 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:29.2 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:30.8 | You ready? |
| 0:31.6 | Let's do this. |
| 0:36.0 | Get ready. Today's the day we're expecting to see more of Special Counsel Robert Moller's report. |
| 0:41.0 | All eyes are on Attorney General William Barr. He'll be the one to release a |
| 0:44.5 | redacted version of the full 400 page report. He's set to hold a news conference at |
| 0:49.1 | 930 a.m. Eastern time to talk about it. And the president said he might do the same and |
| 0:54.3 | hold his own press conference. In fact the New York Times reports the Justice |
| 0:57.8 | Department and White House officials have already talked about what to expect |
| 1:01.3 | from this. Remember this is the report about the Russia investigation. |
| 1:05.3 | The two years where Special Counsel Robert Moller and his team |
| 1:08.1 | investigated Russia's interference in the 2016 election |
| 1:11.3 | and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. |
| 1:14.5 | So what can we expect from this redacted report today? |
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