R. Kelly Interview, New Depression Treatment & Ash Wednesday - Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, March 6th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about R. Kelly's first (and emotional) interview since he was charged with sexual abuse last month, and a new record at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Plus: what to know about the measles vaccines, the first depression treatment to get FDA approval in decades, and a famous movie director's new mission.
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 below...
Sources:
R. Kelly Interview: CBS News, Time
Migrant Families Arrested: WSJ, NYT, NBC News
North Korea Launch Site: NBC News, WSJ
Preventing Veteran Suicides: FOX News, CNN
US Budget Deficit: Business Insider, AP
Credit Card Debt: Bloomberg
Vaccines Study: USA Today, NPR, NBC News
Depression Treatment: CBS News, NYT, TechCrunch
Spielberg vs. Netflix: AP, The Hollywood Reporter
Forbes Billionaire List: Forbes, CBS News
Ash Wednesday: USA Today, The Washington Post
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, March 6th. We're talking about R Kelly's first and emotional interview since he was charged last month and a new record at the US-Mexico border. |
| 0:08.0 | Plus what to know about measles vaccines, a newly approved depression treatment, and Stephen Spielberg's new mission. |
| 0:16.6 | Welcome, Welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:20.8 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You |
| 0:26.4 | ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:31.9 | We start today with R&B singer R Kelly defending himself on camera in a new interview |
| 0:36.4 | today with CBS this morning anchor Gail King and R Kelly gets emotional he cries |
| 0:41.6 | curses and begs for people to believe him. |
| 0:44.5 | He denies the sexual assault allegations against him and says he's fighting for his life. |
| 0:49.1 | It's his first interview since he was charged last month with 10 counts of sexual abuse. |
| 0:53.6 | Time reports four women say they're victims and three of them say they were underage |
| 0:57.4 | at the time of the abuse. |
| 0:58.6 | Kelly has pleaded not guilty. |
| 1:00.6 | The US has set a record for the most arrests of migrant families crossing the U.S. Mexico border within one year's time. |
| 1:11.0 | And the Wall Street Journal says the record was set within just five |
| 1:13.8 | months. Top border enforcement officials say government facilities are |
| 1:17.2 | full and agents are overwhelmed. One top official even said the system is at a |
| 1:21.4 | quote breaking point. The White House is |
| 1:24.0 | highlighting these new numbers saying it shows there really is a crisis at the border and a |
| 1:27.8 | need for a border wall. But others say a wall just wouldn't work. Most of the migrant families turn themselves in to law |
| 1:34.5 | enforcement seeking asylum, fleeing violence in their home countries. But that's |
| 1:38.8 | pretty complicated because holding facilities aren't meant for kids. They don't have the room or the medical supplies. |
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