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The NewsWorthy

North Korea Meeting, Obamas on Netflix & Daylight Saving Time - Friday, March 9th, 2018

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

All the news you need to know for Friday, March 9th, 2018!

Today, we're talking about a big deal meeting planned between North Korea and the U.S., the tariffs officially put in place and what to know before you travel to Mexico for Spring Break.

Plus: Netflix talks with the Obamas, a Weight Watchers meal kit and Daylight Saving Time.

 

All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. Thanks so much for listening.

0:12.6

Today, a lot going on.

0:14.0

A big deal meeting could happen with North Korea.

0:16.2

Tariffs are officially in place,

0:17.9

and what to know before you travel for spring break.

0:20.4

Plus a Netflix deal for the Obama's, a Weight Watchers meal kit, and daylight saving time.

0:26.0

All that and much more in less than 10 minutes.

0:28.7

I'm Erica Mandy, it's Friday, March 9th.

0:31.8

You ready? Let's do those. Today we start with a pretty unexpected

0:39.3

invitation. North Korea's leader Kim Jongun, invited President Trump to meet.

0:44.0

Remember, these are two guys who not that long ago traded threats of war

0:48.2

and called each other pretty harsh names.

0:50.3

But earlier this week we did mention that South Korea officials passed the message

0:54.0

along that maybe this could happen and now they say it did.

0:58.0

The New York Times reports President Trump RSVPed yes and at least one South Korean official said the meeting could

1:04.3

happen within just a couple of months. The plan? Talk about North Korea getting

1:08.9

rid of nuclear weapons. The South Korean president reportedly credits President Trump's max pressure on this issue and the rest of the world solidarity for helping make it happen.

1:18.0

But let's just say there are still some doubts. To be continued. It was a big week because as expected

1:27.2

President Trump also went ahead with the planned tariffs on steel and

1:30.6

aluminum and now we have a few more details about what that will actually look like.

1:34.9

The metal tariffs will go into effect soon, just two weeks from now on March 23rd, Canada

1:40.2

and Mexico not included, at least not immediately.

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