Peace Plan, Off-Facebook Activity & Inclusive Barbies - Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, January 29th, 2020!
What to know today about the next phase of the impeachment trial, the new proposal for Middle East peace, and a new tool to see what Facebook is tracking (even when you're not on Facebook)...
Plus: we're talking Airbnb, Google Translate, and how social media can be used to predict your job.
Those stories and 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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Sources:
Impeachment Trial: ABC News, The Hill, NYT, Politico, Washington Post
Middle East Peace Plan: NBC News, Reuters, WSJ, NYT
National Debt to Hit $1 Trillion: CNBC, Fox News
Earthquake in Caribbean: Weather Channel, USA Today, NBC News
Coronavirus Latest: CNN, NYT, NBC News
Airbnb Sabbatical: AP, Business Insider
Off-Facebook Activity: Washington Post, The Verge
Google's Translate App: 9to5Google, Cnet
Super Cruise: TechCrunch, CNBC
Inclusive Barbies: Mashable
Study on Social Media & Jobs: BBC, Business Insider
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, January 29th. |
| 0:02.4 | What to know today about the next phase of the impeachment trial, |
| 0:05.2 | the new proposal for Middle East peace, |
| 0:07.5 | and a new tool to see what Facebook is tracking even when you're not on Facebook. |
| 0:11.7 | Plus we're talking Airbnb, Google Translate, and Barbie. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:19.9 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:22.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:25.9 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:27.5 | You ready? |
| 0:28.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:29.8 | Today marks the beginning of the next phase of President Trump's impeachment |
| 0:36.5 | trial. President Trump's defense team wrapped up opening arguments yesterday |
| 0:40.2 | making a final pitch for a swift acquittal. |
| 0:42.8 | Now, ABC News reports, lawmakers have 16 hours |
| 0:45.4 | across today and tomorrow to ask questions to either side. |
| 0:49.3 | This is basically the first chance |
| 0:50.9 | the 100 senators can actually participate in the proceedings, instead of just |
| 0:54.6 | sitting quietly to listen to all the opening arguments. They can now ask just about anything |
| 0:59.1 | they want to. Then after two days of questioning, it basically comes down to one big question |
| 1:04.3 | will witnesses be called at this trial? A vote on that could come as early as Friday. |
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