Next Few Weeks "Critical", Hospital Price Tags & So Long Segway- Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, June 24th, 2020!
We're covering:
- why these next few weeks are critical for the pandemic
- mixed messages from the White House on testing
- why hospital secrets could soon be revealed
- an emotional show of support in sports
- the end of the Segway
- companies giving more paid time off
...and more in just 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Top Health Officials Testify: AP, CNN, Reuters, WaPo, NY Times, Prepared Testimony
Trump Doesn't Kid on Testing: Axios, Politico, ABC News
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Surge: NBC News, CBS News, Arizona Republic, CNBC, Texas Tribune, Johns Hopkins
Prosecution "Pressured" in Roger Stone Trial: AP, LA Times, Reuters, Prepared Testimony
Powerful Earthquake Hits Mexico: CNN, USA Today, AP, USGS
Trump AZ Rally: Reuters, Politico, USA Today
Biden/Obama Fundraiser: Reuters, AP, Axios, WaPo
Virgin Galactic Partners with NASA: Space.com, ABC News, Virgin Galactic
Hospital Price Transparency: AP, WSJ, CNN
FBI's NASCAR Investigation: AP, CNN, ESPN
Support for Bubba Wallace: ESPN, AP, USA Today, CBS News
'30 Rock' Removing Episodes: NY Times, CBS News, Variety
Jimmy Kimmel Apology: CNN, AP, WaPo
Segway to Stop Making Scooters: AP, Engadget, Fast Company
Work Wednesday: Twitter Workers Get Election Day Off: CNBC, AP, Forbes
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, June 24th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know from federal health officials about why they say these next few weeks are critical |
| 0:05.7 | for the pandemic, and will explain the mixed messages from the White House on testing. |
| 0:10.1 | Also why some hospital secrets could soon be revealed. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus NASCAR's emotional show of support |
| 0:15.5 | say so long to the segue, |
| 0:17.3 | and why more companies are giving paid time off later this year. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:25.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:27.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:30.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:32.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:35.0 | Top health experts say the next few weeks will be critical for Americans to control a surge of COVID-19 cases. |
| 0:44.1 | On Capitol Hill, lawmakers heard from members of the White House coronavirus Task Force. |
| 0:48.3 | Remember them? |
| 0:49.3 | They aren't taking part in daily briefings anymore, but they did give their latest take this week. |
| 0:53.5 | And it comes at a time when at least 25 states are seeing a rise in infections. |
| 0:57.7 | The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauchy, credited New York for being |
| 1:02.0 | able to bring the number of cases down. |
| 1:04.7 | But Fauchy also pointed to what he called a quote disturbing surge in other areas of the country. |
| 1:09.5 | He then cited Florida, Texas, and Arizona as examples. Florida cases are up 87% from last week. In Texas, |
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