NRA Speech, FluMist & Best Beaches - Friday, February 23rd, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2018
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Friday, February 23rd, 2018!
Today: what the head of the NRA has to say about the efforts to change gun laws and Ivanka Trump heads to South Korea for the Winter Olympics.
Plus: FluMist is making a comeback, Airbnb has a new offer, and the world's best beaches.
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. thanks so much for listening. |
| 0:12.6 | Today, what the NRA has to say about the efforts to change gun laws, |
| 0:16.4 | and Ivanka Trump heads to South Korea. |
| 0:19.0 | Plus Blue Mist is making a comeback, |
| 0:21.2 | AirB&B's newest thing, and the world's best beaches. |
| 0:25.0 | All that and much more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Friday, February 23rd. |
| 0:31.4 | You ready? Let's do this. The head of the NRA or National Rifle |
| 0:39.0 | Association had a lot to say about the efforts to change gun laws, and he pushed back hard. |
| 0:44.0 | Fox News reports he accused liberals and media for exploiting tragedy for political gain. |
| 0:49.2 | And he said their goal is to get rid of the Second Amendment and individual freedom. |
| 0:53.4 | Wayne La Pierre spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC. |
| 0:58.3 | He said instead of changing gun laws, we should harden schools with trained armed security. |
| 1:03.4 | Earlier the NRA disagreed with one of President Trump's suggestion |
| 1:07.1 | raising the age requirement for gun owners. |
| 1:09.7 | The president has also said he's open to stronger background checks, banning bump stocks, and arming teachers. |
| 1:15.9 | For now, those ideas are just ideas. |
| 1:18.2 | And remember, many of the student survivors have been pushing for more. |
| 1:21.6 | Many of them want to ban assault rifles altogether. |
| 1:26.8 | A school resource officer at the school where the shooting happened in Florida was apparently |
| 1:31.0 | there on scene for four minutes while the shooting was still |
| 1:34.1 | happening but he didn't go inside. The Broward County Sheriff said that |
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