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Opioid Trial, Mt. Everest Traffic Jam & Aladdin Wins - Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Tuesday, May 28th, 2019!

Today, what to know about this week's severe weather and record-breaking flooding, and the first of its kind trial about the opioid crisis.

Plus: a traffic jam on Mt. Everest, Ikea's new augmented reality app, and how the remake of Aladdin did at the the box office.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

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

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

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Sources:

Oklahoma Tornado/Weather: AccuWeather, The Weather Channel

Trump in Japan: AP, The Hill, Washington Post, CNN

Japan Stabbing: AP, BBC, CNN

Theresa May Steps Down: NPR, BBC, NYT, AP, The Washington Post, NBC News, TIME

Hiker in Hawaii Rescued: USA Today, TIME

Mt. Everest Traffic Jam: CNN, NYT, CBS News

Opioid Trial: WSJ, CBS News, The Washington Post, NPR

Most Expensive Drug: CNBC, Reuters

Indy 500: CBS Sports, NYT

Major Merger?: NBC News, WSJ

IKEA App: Reuters

Snapchat Music: Mashable, WSJ

TikTok Phone: TechCrunch, The Verge

Weekend Box Office: Variety

  

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, May 28th.

0:03.0

What to know about this week's severe weather and record-breaking flooding,

0:06.0

and the first of its kind trial about the opioid crisis.

0:10.0

Plus a traffic jam on Mount Everest,

0:12.0

IKEA's new augmented reality app.

0:14.6

And how did the remake of Aladdin do at the box office?

0:19.8

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:21.8

All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the

0:26.0

go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this.

0:38.0

parts of the Central U.S. are bracing for more storms. People in Oklahoma and Arkansas are preparing for the worst flooding in recorded history.

0:43.0

The Weather Channel says the Arkansas River already hit record-breaking levels

0:46.2

and it's still rising, along with those new storms.

0:48.8

And Oklahoma already dealt with a powerful tornado over the weekend that killed two people and

0:53.2

injured nearly 30 others. In fact several people in the Midwest have died from

0:56.9

severe weather and flooding over the last two weeks and again it's not over yet.

1:08.0

President Trump just got back from a four day trip to Japan. During a joint press conference, there was a bit of tension between President Trump and

1:12.0

Japan's Prime Minister Shino-Abe, mostly over trade- bit of

1:13.4

tension between President Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinto Abbe, mostly over trade

1:15.2

and North Korea.

1:16.2

For example, President Trump says North Korea's recent missile tests don't bother

1:20.0

him and that the missile test likely do not violate UN resolutions.

1:24.0

Well the AP reports that's quite different from what US National Security Advisor

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