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Record Budget Request, "Giant Extension Cord" & #Trashtag - Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Tuesday, March 12th, 2019!

Today, what to know about a record budget request, what the FAA says about the weekend's plane crash and a major blackout in Venezuela.

Plus: why Apple says "it's show time," and the trending hashtag that's good for the planet.

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 sources below...

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Sources: 

 

Record Budget Request: WSJ, The Washington Post, Axios

 

DNC in Milwaukee: NPR, The Hill

 

Fox News Controversies: AP, The Washington Post, CNN

 

Plane Crash Latest: NYT, AP

 

Venezuela Latest: CNN, NYT

 

Renewable Energy: WSJ

 

Tesla Prices, Reversal: USA Today, The Verge

 

Uber Kitchens: Bloomberg

 

Twitter's 'twttr': TechCrunch

 

Apple Event: The Verge

 

#Trashtag Challenge: BuzzFeed

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, March 12th.

0:02.6

What to know about a record budget request and what US aviation officials now say about

0:06.7

the weekend's plane crash.

0:08.4

Plus, Apple says, it's Showtime and the trending hashtag that's good for the planet.

0:15.0

Welcome welcome to the newsworthy.

0:18.0

All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:20.0

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You

0:26.0

ready? Let's do this.

0:28.2

It turns out President Trump's 2020 budget request set a record for the largest

0:35.8

budget proposal in history a total of 4.7 trillion dollars. In that he's

0:40.4

calling for a 5% boost in military spending,

0:43.8

and as expected, and ask for 8.6 billion more dollars

0:47.4

for a border wall.

0:48.8

But here's the thing, Axios reports it likely won't pass.

0:51.5

And it usually doesn't't Congress typically says no

0:54.0

thanks to the first budget request from every president but especially with this

0:58.1

one Democrats who control the house have made it clear they're not on board

1:02.4

saying Congress already refused to

1:04.3

fund the border wall and nothing has changed about that. They think the money

1:08.2

should be spent on education or workforce development, but this budget does

1:12.2

lay out President Trump's priorities.

1:14.0

Fox says if Trump's budget were approved, it would boost military spending,

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