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Pentagon Emails, TikTok Ban & Gift Americans Want - Monday, December 23rd, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Monday, December 23rd, 2019!

What to know today about new emails released from the Pentagon, a busy weekend for travel, and a first for an iconic cathedral.

Plus: Boeing's flawed test flight, who just banned the app 'TikTok' and a last-minute gift many Americans say they actually want…

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. 

This episode is brought to you by www.Ancestry.com/newsworthy 

Thanks to the NewsWorthy INSIDERS for the support! Learn more or become an INSIDER here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider

 

Sources:

Pentagon Emails Released: The Center for Public Integrity, Washington Post, NYT, ABC News

Editorial Causes Controversy:  Christianity Today, AP 

Chicago Shooting: AP, NPR, ABC News

Massive Virginia Car Pile-Up: Fox News, Weather Channel

NW Flooding: The Weather Channel

Baggage Handlers Shortage: Seattle Times

Flight Cyber Attack:: USA Today

Notre Dame Update : BBC, USA Today 

Boeing's Test Flight: USA Today, NPR, NBC News

U.S. Navy Bans TikTok: Reuters

ToTok Banned: NYT, Wired

Apple Satellite Technology: The Verge, Bloomberg

Box Office: Variety, Deadline

Happy Hanukkah: History.com, TIME

Money Monday - Giving Cash: Mint, CNBC 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Monday, December 23rd.

0:02.0

What to know today about just released emails from the Pentagon, a busy weekend for travel, and a first for an iconic cathedral.

0:09.0

Plus Boeing's flawed test flight, who just banned the app, Tic-Toc and a last-minute gift many

0:15.2

Americans say they actually want.

0:20.3

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:22.2

All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:24.4

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:27.1

I'm Erica Mandy.

0:28.1

Thanks so much for being here.

0:29.6

You ready?

0:30.4

Let's do this.

0:31.6

Congress. Let's do this. Congress is still on a holiday break through early January, but new opinions and new information

0:39.1

are still coming in surrounding the impeachment case against President Trump.

0:43.0

For one, a non-profit news organization called the Center for Public Integrity

0:47.0

got a hold of some internal documents from the Pentagon through a court order.

0:51.0

They show the White House ordered a freeze

0:53.2

on the millions of dollars in military aid

0:54.9

to Ukraine within just two hours of President Trump's

0:58.2

controversial phone call with Ukraine's president.

1:01.0

Remember, that call happened back in July. It's when we know Trump asked Ukraine's

1:04.8

president for a favor and mentioned the investigation into his political

1:08.8

rivals. It's part of the reason President Trump got impeached last week.

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