Musk Interviews Trump, Los Angeles Quake & Swift Security Upgrades- Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 13 August 2024
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The news to know for Tuesday, August 13, 2024!
We'll tell you what the FBI has learned about attempts to hack both presidential campaigns and what happened during an unusual interview between former President Trump and the world's richest businessman.
Also, we have the latest track of Tropical Storm Ernesto.
Plus, what to know about a possible subscription crackdown, the latest feature that makes TikTok more like Whatsapp, and changes Taylor Swift fans may notice at her next five shows.
Those stories and more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, August 13th. |
| 0:02.2 | We'll tell you what the FBI has learned about attempts to hack both presidential campaigns |
| 0:07.0 | and what happened during an unusual interview between former President Trump |
| 0:10.2 | and the world's richest businessman. |
| 0:12.1 | Also, we have the latest track of Tropical Storm Ernesto. |
| 0:15.0 | Plus what to know about a possible subscription crackdown, |
| 0:18.0 | the latest feature that makes Tik-Toc a little more like WhatsApp |
| 0:21.0 | and changes Taylor Swift fans might notice at our next five |
| 0:24.8 | shows. Those stories and more news to know next. |
| 0:27.7 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:36.7 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You're ready? Let's do this. Former President Trump took part in a unique Q&A last night. |
| 0:48.0 | He was interviewed by the world's wealthiest person, Elon Musk, on Musk's social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter. |
| 0:55.0 | The highly anticipated event was delayed for about 40 minutes because of technical difficulties. |
| 1:00.0 | Drawing comparisons to when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tried to launch his presidential campaign on X last year. |
| 1:05.6 | Trump's team said the platform was just overwhelmed with listeners logging in. |
| 1:09.5 | But Musk seemed to suggest it was no accident, saying, quote, |
| 1:12.8 | there's a lot of opposition to people just hearing |
| 1:15.2 | what President Trump has to say. |
| 1:17.1 | Eventually, Trump and Musk did speak about some key issues |
| 1:20.1 | the former president has been focused on in recent months. |
| 1:22.8 | For example, immigration. |
| 1:24.4 | Trump claimed more than 20 million people have entered the US |
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