New Election, Jussie Smollett Update & Academy Awards - Friday, February 22nd, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, February 22nd, 2019!
Today, we're talking about a midterm election do-over and what to know now about actor Jussie Smollett's criminal case.
Plus: YouTube's 'predator problem,' Apple's new credit card and what's in store at this year's Oscars.
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.
You can also go to www.theNewsWorthy.com to see story sources and links in the section titled 'Episodes' or see below...
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Sources:
Dems vs. Nat'l Emergency: The Hill, AP
NC New Election: ABC News, NYT
Roger Stone Instagram Post: PBS, FOX News, NBC News
Jussie Smollett Latest : AP,, Deadline, Variety
Sin City Snow: Weather Channel, CNN, LA Times
Apple Credit Card: 9to5Mac, WSJ
YouTube Problem: CNBC, Time, WIRED, CNET
Amazon Computer Classes: TechCrunch
Worlds Biggest Bee: Gizmodo, BBC
Academy Awards: THR, Reuters, ABC News, GMA, Variety
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, February 22nd. |
| 0:02.8 | Get ready for a midterm election do-over in one state |
| 0:05.7 | and what to know now about actor Jesse Smollett's criminal case. |
| 0:09.2 | Plus YouTube's Problem, Apple's new credit card, |
| 0:11.9 | and what's in store at this year's Oscars. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome, welcome, to the newsworthy. |
| 0:18.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:20.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:28.0 | Today is the day Democrats plan to officially fight President Trump's National Emergency |
| 0:35.4 | Declaration. |
| 0:36.4 | The Hill reports they'll file a resolution to block it, but it won't likely do much. |
| 0:41.3 | The resolution would need a majority vote in both the House and |
| 0:43.8 | the Senate to even make it to the President's desk, and even if it gets there, Trump could |
| 0:47.9 | then veto it. Remember, President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border |
| 0:52.4 | to get more funding for a border wall. |
| 0:54.8 | But there have been concerns from both sides of the aisle that this national emergency sets a bad precedent. |
| 1:00.8 | That a president can do anything without a vote from Congress. |
| 1:04.0 | Once it's filed today, the House could vote as soon as next week, so to be continued. |
| 1:10.7 | The decision has been made. |
| 1:12.1 | A new election will be held in North Carolina's 9th |
| 1:14.4 | congressional district because of suspected election fraud. State officials voted |
| 1:19.1 | unanimously for the do-over. Even the Republican candidate who originally won back in November |
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