'Punishable by DEATH', CDC's Vaccine Reversal & Thanksgiving Grandma's Tradition- Friday, November 21, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The news to know for Friday, November 21, 2025!
We're talking about another American city preparing for an immigration crackdown.
Also, we'll tell you why President Trump says some Democrats should face the death penalty and how the CDC has decided to change its stance on vaccines and autism after years of controversy.
Plus, we'll explain the latest offshore drilling plan that's receiving bipartisan pushback, the new government campaign to make traveling more civil, and we're checking in on the "Thanksgiving Grandma" and her tradition that's going viral for the 10th year in a row.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, November 21st. We're talking about another American city preparing for an immigration |
| 0:05.3 | crackdown. Also, why President Trump says some Democrats should face the death penalty, and how the CDC |
| 0:11.0 | has decided to change its stance on vaccines and autism after years of controversy. Plus, we'll explain |
| 0:16.9 | the latest offshore drilling plan that's getting some bipartisan pushback, the new government |
| 0:21.0 | campaign to make traveling more civil. And we're checking in on the so-called Thanksgiving Grandma |
| 0:25.6 | and her tradition that's going viral for the 10th year in a row. Those stories and even more news to |
| 0:30.6 | know coming up. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready. Let's do this. |
| 0:48.0 | The Trump administration is apparently ready to start what it's calling Operation Swamp Sweep. Border Patrol agents have reportedly |
| 0:54.5 | left Charlotte, North Carolina, so now New Orleans, Louisiana is expecting hundreds of federal |
| 0:59.9 | authorities to arrive as soon as today, and more in about a week. This effort will be led by Border |
| 1:05.5 | Patrol commander Greg Bovino, who has already been in charge of the aggressive campaigns in Los Angeles, |
| 1:10.6 | Chicago, and Charlotte. Meanwhile, Border Patrol already been in charge of the aggressive campaigns in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte. |
| 1:12.0 | Meanwhile, Border Patrol is reportedly monitoring millions of American drivers around the country. |
| 1:17.0 | As the AP reports, it's part of a secretive program to find and detain people whose travel patterns are |
| 1:22.4 | considered suspicious, depending on where they came from, where they're going, and which route |
| 1:26.6 | they're taking. |
| 1:31.8 | Federal agents are getting help from license plate readers run by the DEA, private companies, |
| 1:35.0 | and local law enforcement programs that are funded through federal grants. |
| 1:40.8 | Cameras have already been located near Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Antonio, as well as the southern border. |
| 1:45.2 | And now Customs and Border Protection is set to get another $2.7 billion to build out more surveillance systems. To be continued. President Trump is now accusing |
| 1:53.1 | half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition that's, quote, punishable by death. He was responding |
| 1:58.5 | to a video the Dems put out earlier this week, in which they said no member of the military should act illegally or in violation of the Constitution. |
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