National Emergency, Amazon Scraps HQ2 & MLB's "Walking Miracle" - Friday, February 15th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 15 February 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, February 15th, 2019!
Today, what to know about the President declaring a national emergency at the border.
Plus: why Amazon canceled plans for its NYC HQ2, JP Morgan launches its own cryptocurrency and baseball's "walking miracle."
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Budget Deal & National Emergency: AP, NBC News, CNN, CBS News
New Attorney General: NYT, NBC News, WP
McCabe Interview: CBS News, The Hill
CA Mudslides: SF Gate/AP, Accuweather
Amazon Cancels NY HQ2: Reuters, WSJ, Amazon
GE Cancels Boston HQ: Boston Globe
JP Morgan Cryptocurrency: NYT, CNN
Payless Closes: Reuters, Bloomberg
Holiday Sales Down: CNBC, MarketWatch
Biggest Plane Retires:TIME, Bloomberg
MLB's "Walking Miracle": GMA
Breaking Bad Movie: THR
Nickelodeon Revivals: E! News, Variety
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, February 15th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know about the President declaring a national emergency at the border. |
| 0:06.0 | Plus, why Amazon backed out of its HQ2 plans. |
| 0:09.0 | JP Morgan launches its own cryptocurrency and baseball's walking miracle. |
| 0:16.8 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:18.8 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:21.1 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:23.8 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:26.6 | You ready? |
| 0:27.6 | Let's do this. |
| 0:28.6 | Today President Trump is expected to sign a spending bill to avoid another |
| 0:35.8 | government shutdown. Trump must sign it by midnight to night to keep federal |
| 0:39.4 | workers working. The AP reports Congress passed the legislation and sent it to the president last night. |
| 0:45.2 | If it gets his signature, it'll fund the government through September, and the Border Security |
| 0:49.1 | Compromise will provide $1.4 billion for 55 miles of fencing at the US-Mexico border, which as you know |
| 0:56.3 | is only about a quarter of the money Trump wanted. |
| 0:59.2 | And that's why now President Trump is also expected to go ahead and declare a national emergency at the border, |
| 1:04.7 | an executive order meant to get more funding for more of his border wall without needing Congress |
| 1:09.7 | to give the thumbs up. |
| 1:11.3 | But that's where it gets a bit complicated. While President |
| 1:14.1 | Trump says this is needed, some top Democrats say they may file a legal |
| 1:18.1 | challenge that Trump is not allowed to declare that type of emergency. And some people |
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