New Capitol Threat, U.S. Gets C- & Google Tracking Change- Thursday, March 4th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 4 March 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, March 4th, 2021!
We're talking about:
- a new threat at the U.S. Capitol building serious enough that some lawmakers canceled their planned session there today
- a new report, years in the making, that accuses a congressman of bad behavior
- America's infrastructure report card: what it found about the country's roads, bridges, and power systems
- Google's major promise to cut back on some types of online tracking
- a SpaceX rocket that had a nearly perfect test, minus an explosion
- the new funny feature on the Netflix app
All that and more in around 10 minutes...
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Sources:
New Capitol Threat: ABC News, AP, WSJ, FOX News, USCP
National Guard Commander Testifies: Politico, NY Times, The Hill, NPR
Rep. Jackson Watchdog Report: NY Times, CNN, NPR, Axios, Pentagon Report, Jackson Response
House Passes Voting Rights Bill: AP, NBC News, Reuters
Infrastructure Report Card: AP, NPR, CNN, Report Card
Google Ends 3rd-Party Cookies: WSJ, Vox, AP, Engadget, Google
Facebook Lifts Political Ad Ban: NY Times, Axios, Facebook
Netflix 'Fast Laughs' Feature: Variety, TechCrunch, Netflix
SpaceX Rocket Lands, Explodes: Reuters, WaPo, The Verge SpaceX
Thing to Know Thursday: 56 Years Since Bloody Sunday: Axios, AP, FOX News, Selma Jubilee
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, March 4, what to know about a new threat |
| 0:02.9 | at the Capitol building, serious enough that some lawmakers |
| 0:05.4 | canceled their planned session there today, |
| 0:07.6 | and a new report years in the making |
| 0:09.5 | accuses a congressman of bad behavior. |
| 0:12.2 | Also, America's infrastructure report card, |
| 0:14.7 | but it found about the country's roads, bridges, |
| 0:16.5 | and power systems. |
| 0:17.9 | Plus, we'll explain Google's major promise |
| 0:19.7 | to cut back on some types of online tracking. |
| 0:22.2 | A SpaceX rocket had a nearly perfect test, |
| 0:24.7 | minus an explosion, and a new funny feature on the Netflix app. |
| 0:29.7 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:33.1 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.4 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Air Commandy. |
| 0:39.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:40.5 | You're ready. |
| 0:41.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:46.2 | Once again, the U.S. Capitol is on high alert. |
| 0:48.6 | The Capitol Police Department says there's a militia plot |
| 0:50.9 | to storm the Capitol building for the second time today. |
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