Nationwide Protests, RIP Regis Philbin & Double Meteor Showers- Monday, July 27th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 27 July 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, July 27th, 2020!
What to know about more protests and riots around the country: where they're happening and what inspired them.
Also, the latest from a COVID-19 hot spot, and why the White House task force is going there today.
Plus, we're talking about two hurricanes, two meteor showers, and Taylor Swift's latest worldwide record...
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Weekend Protests Nationwide: NY Times, AP, Axios, WSJ, WaPo, ABC News
New COVID-19 Records: Johns Hopkins, Reuters, CNN, Tampa Bay Times
Pence Traveling to Miami Today: Miami Herald, WOFL
John Lewis Memorial Services: AJC, AP, Reuters, Axios
Body of Rep. Lewis to Lie in State: CNN, FOX News, CBS News, WaPo, ABC News
Regis Philbin Dies: USA Today, CNN, FOX News
Fleetwood Mac Co-Creator Dies: AP, NY Times, Rolling Stone
Gone with the Wind Star Dies: AP, CBS News, Reuters
Hurricane Douglas Threatens Hawaii: AP, WSJ, Weather Channel, NWS
Hanna hits Texas, Downgraded: NBC News, Reuters, Axios, WaPo
Twitter Walkout Planned: NBC News, NY Daily News, Reuters
Taylor Swift Album Sales: Variety, Hollywood Reporter, NY Daily News
Space Force Debuts Official Logo: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Fox News, Space Force
Double Meteor Showers: CBS News, Miami Herald, USA Today
Monday Monday: Home Purchases Record: Axios, CNBC, Reuters, WSJ
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, July 27th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about more protests and riots around the country, |
| 0:05.0 | where they're happening, and what protesters say inspired them. |
| 0:08.0 | And the latest from a COVID-19 hotspot |
| 0:10.0 | where the White House Task Force is showing up today. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus we're talking about two hurricanes, two meteor showers, |
| 0:16.0 | and Taylor Swift's latest worldwide record. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:22.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:40.9 | Protesters have been coming out in the thousands all over the US. In cities from Los Angeles to New York, marches were held over the weekend to show solidarity with |
| 0:43.7 | protesters in Portland, Oregon. Remember there have been protests nightly in |
| 0:47.9 | Portland since Memorial Day weekend after the police killing of George Floyd |
| 0:51.3 | in Minneapolis. |
| 0:52.8 | Since then in Portland, there have also been reports of violent groups mixing in with peaceful |
| 0:57.4 | protesters. |
| 0:58.6 | So the Trump administration sent in federal agents to control the situation. And President Trump has threatened to send more agents |
| 1:04.6 | to more cities to try and restore order. |
| 1:07.2 | But now it seems the very presence of federal agents |
| 1:09.4 | in cities like Portland and reports |
| 1:11.0 | that they've been doing things like arresting people from unmarked cars is reigniting more protests nationwide. |
| 1:17.0 | One of the most intense gatherings from over the weekend happened in Seattle, Washington. |
| 1:21.0 | A crowd of about 5,000 people gathered at a youth detention center. Some lit |
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