Now What: Gun Control, The Bahamas, and #MeToo

Skimm This

theSkimm

News

4.5 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The top ten Democrats in the presidential primary faced off last night for their third debate, and three big ideas emerged from their conversation on gun control. We’ll break them down for you. Meanwhile, the Bahamas is still recovering from Hurricane Dorian, and now they’re preparing for a new potential storm. Also on today’s show: two reporters whose work helped kickstart the #MeToo movement, and why some people aren’t saying ‘TGIF’ today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It's Friday, September 13th.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.6	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day, and giving you the context on why
0:08.6	they matter.
0:09.6	Today, we're diving into last night's democratic primary debate, and how the candidates
0:14.2	differ on gun control.
0:16.3	We'll connect the dots on which proposals are being put forward and whether they have
0:20.1	the support of the American public.
0:22.0	Then, the Bahamas is still reeling from Hurricane Dorian, and now a new storm could complicate
0:27.7	recovery efforts.
0:29.2	And finally, that feeling you may be having today, on Friday the 13th, there's a word for
0:33.9	that.
0:34.9	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:36.6	Let's Schim this.
0:39.8	The most complicated story today is about gun control, and what democratic presidential
0:44.3	candidates think should be done about it.
0:48.7	Last night, the top 10 candidates got together in Houston, Texas for the third democratic
0:53.2	primary debate on ABC and Univision.
0:56.5	We talked about healthcare, immigration, foreign policy, climate change.
1:00.9	It was a three hour debate, and we felt it.
1:04.4	But the big issue that stood out was how they talked about gun control.
1:08.6	We started off our show on Monday looking at Congress's plans to tackle it after a summer
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from theSkimm, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of theSkimm and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.