Relief Gets Ready, Two Cyber Threats & Meghan's Moment of Truth- Monday, March 8th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 8 March 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, March 8th, 2021!
What to know about:
- the COVID-19 relief bill becoming one step closer to a law
- how the Russian and Chinese governments are seemingly targeting Americans online
- the pope's historic trip
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's revealing interview about suffering in the royal family
- what's behind fewer families having babies now
- why today is celebrated around the world
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.
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Sources:
Senate Passes COVID Relief: WaPo, NPR, WSJ, CBS News
U.S. Finding More UK COVID Strain: NY Times, CNN, NBC News, CDC
Russia Spreading False Vaccine Info: WSJ, The Verge, Engadget
Hackers Breach Microsoft Customers: Bloomberg, WaPo, BBC, Microsoft
Pope Iraq Visit: AP, NY Times, WaPo
Prince Harry and Meghan Interview: CBS News, AP, Reuters, BBC
Pandemic Baby Bust: WSJ, CBS News, BBC, Brookings, Insider
CA Theme Parks Can Reopen: LA Times, WaPo, CA Dept of Health
HFPA Diversity Initiatives: NBC News, USA Today, HFPA
International Women's Day: BBC, Forbes, Deadline, UN
Find an Event Near You: IWD Website
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, March 8th, what to know now that the COVID-19 relief bill is one step |
| 0:04.6 | closer to becoming law, how the Russian and Chinese governments are seemingly targeting |
| 0:08.7 | Americans online, and we'll tell you about the Pope's historic trip. |
| 0:12.6 | Plus, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's revealing interview about suffering in the Royal family. |
| 0:17.5 | What's behind fewer families having babies now? |
| 0:20.5 | And why today is celebrated around the world? |
| 0:25.3 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:29.6 | Last, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:34.8 | You ready? |
| 0:35.8 | Let's do this. |
| 0:40.3 | Nearly $2 trillion in relief money is likely going to start rolling out to Americans soon. |
| 0:44.9 | The Senate passed the latest aid package over the weekend, but only after more than 27 hours |
| 0:50.2 | of debate. |
| 0:51.4 | In the end, as expected, every Democrat voted for it, and every Republican voted against it. |
| 0:56.9 | Remember, the Republicans have argued the overall size of this bill is too large, and that |
| 1:01.2 | not everything included is necessary or related to the pandemic. |
| 1:05.9 | But Democrats disagree. |
| 1:07.2 | In fact, President Biden gave an address over the weekend calling the bill historic. |
| 1:11.2 | He said, quote, this nation has suffered too much for too long, and everything in this |
| 1:14.8 | package is designed to relieve the suffering. |
| 1:17.7 | Biden says 85% of American households will soon get direct payments of $1,400 a person. |
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