New Infections Surge, Historic Colorado Wildfires & World Series Teams- Monday, October 19th, 2020
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 19 October 2020
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, October 19th, 2020!
What to know about:
- a surge in new COVID-19 cases around the U.S.
- two devastating wildfires in Colorado, including the largest in state history
- a top White House official in Syria for negotiations
- the World Series kicking off this week
- a new Google feature that has you hum or whistle a song
- the 2021 travel outlook
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
U.S. Virus Surge: CNN, NBC News, ABC News, Politico, CDC, Johns Hopkins
UN Iran Arms Embargo Expires: Axios, AP, CNBC
Syria Hostage Negotiations: WSJ, The Hill, Reuters
Biden, Trump Campaign Events: AP, NY Times, Reuters
CO Wildfires Spreading: Denver Post, USA Today, ABC News, NBC News, FEMA, InciWeb
World Series Begins: Tampa Bay Times, ESPN, LA Times, SI, WaPo
FB: 2.2M Ads Tried to Disrupt Election: The Verge, Engadget, The Guardian
Google Can Detect Hummed Songs: USA Today, Business Insider, CNN, Google
Airbnb's Top Destinations for 2021: USA Today, Airbnb
Monday Monday: Book Stores Launch Shop Local Campaign: NY Times, AP, CNBC, Amazon
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, October 19th. |
| 0:01.9 | What to know about a surge in new COVID-19 cases |
| 0:04.4 | around the US and two devastating wildfires in Colorado, |
| 0:07.9 | including the largest in state history. |
| 0:10.2 | Also why a top White House official |
| 0:11.8 | is negotiating in Syria right now. |
| 0:14.0 | Plus what to expect from the World Series this week. |
| 0:17.0 | Google's new feature requiring you to hum or whistle a song, |
| 0:20.0 | and what travel is expected to look like next year. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:27.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:29.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:37.0 | New coronavirus infections are climbing in nearly every state around the US. |
| 0:45.0 | The country is now averaging more than 55,000 new cases every day, and that's about 60% |
| 0:50.1 | more than this time last month. |
| 0:52.2 | CNN looked at the average number of cases reported over the last week |
| 0:55.0 | and found only Missouri and Vermont saw cases improve by more than 10%. |
| 1:00.0 | On the opposite end of the spectrum, it found Connecticut and Florida are doing the worst. |
| 1:04.4 | They've seen new cases rise by more than 50%. |
| 1:07.2 | And as infections rise, hospitals have started getting overwhelmed again. |
| 1:11.0 | Utah, Oklahoma, and Indiana have reported critical ICU bed |
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