Pelosi Nomination, Sports Betting & Handmaid's Tale Sequel (+ Talking Bitcoin & Blockchain with Elsa Ramon) - Thursday, November 29th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, November 29th, 2018!
Today: what to know about Nancy Pelosi's nomination and President Trump's plan for a border wall.
Plus: sports betting deals, a Christmas tree shortage and Amazon's talking fish...
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.
Then, hang out after the news for "Thing to Know Thursday." This week's bonus interview is all about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain. Elsa Ramon, a two-time Emmy-winning journalist and the host of an upcoming series called Adventures in Crypto, joins us to break it all down and explain why she believes it'll impact everyone in the world.
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| 0:00.0 | A seasonal subscription box with full-size beauty fitness fashion and lifestyle products |
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| 0:14.0 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:19.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:21.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. Today what to know |
| 0:24.9 | about Nancy Pelosi's nomination and President Trump's plan for a border wall |
| 0:28.9 | plus sports betting, a Christmas tree shortage, and Amazon's talking fish. |
| 0:33.6 | Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:36.1 | Then hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday. |
| 0:38.6 | This week we are talking about Bitcoin and the blockchain, |
| 0:41.4 | what they are and how the tech is impacting lives around the world. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Thursday, November 29th. |
| 0:48.0 | You ready? |
| 0:49.0 | Let's do this. Democrats voted and Representative Nancy Pelosi won. |
| 0:55.0 | Pelosi is now officially nominated to be Speaker of the House for the |
| 0:59.7 | new Congress in January, aka the top Democrat in the U.S. |
| 1:03.8 | It's a step closer to a historic second turn as House Speaker for Pelosi. |
| 1:07.9 | She's already the first woman to have that job. |
| 1:10.3 | And she's led Democrats for more than 15 years now. |
| 1:13.4 | Of course the speaker is the leader for the majority party in the House. |
| 1:17.0 | Right now Pelosi is the minority leader since there are more Republicans than |
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