Report on FBI, Weinstein Settlement & TIME Person of the Year (+ Top Tech Stories of the Decade) - Thursday, December 12th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 12 December 2019
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, December 12th, 2019!
What a report found the FBI did (and didn't do) wrong, a possible deal that some say would let Harvey Weinstein off the hook, and British voters go to the polls.
Plus: the new Uber feature for skiers, the first all-electric commercial airplane test flight, and TIME's Person of the Year.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview about the top tech stories of the year and decade (and what to expect next!). Our guest today is Brian McCullough from the Techmeme Ride Home podcast.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about our guest and any of the stories mentioned in this episode.
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Sources:
Committee Vote on Impeachment: The Hill, AP
FBI Under Fire: NYT, Washington Post, NPR, NBC News
No Interest Rate Cut in 2020: CBS News, CNBC, WSJ
Harvey Weinstein Settlement: NBC News, NYT
UK General Election: CNN, BBC, NPR
Israeli Third Election: The Hill, BBC, The Guardian
TIME Person of the Year: TIME, NBC News, AP, Variety
Gerrit Cole Record Deal: CBS Sports, ESPN
Sports Study: CNN, Northwestern University
Electric Plane's First Flight: Fortune, CNBC, CNN
Uber Ski: Engadget, TechCrunch
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On BBC I am |
| 0:02.0 | I am doing life a few more years means nothing to me |
| 0:06.0 | I'm pregnant |
| 0:08.0 | Dredges go easy on pregnant women |
| 0:10.0 | I've been old my electricity that's all |
| 0:12.0 | don't think I should even be in here. |
| 0:14.0 | A new series of the Bafter Award winning time. |
| 0:18.0 | You tell anyone and I mean anyone about me I will kill you. Starring Jody Whitaker, Tamara Lawrence and Bella Ramsey. |
| 0:27.0 | Time. Watch on BBC High Player. |
| 0:30.0 | Today is Thursday December 12th. What a report found the FBI did and didn't do wrong, |
| 0:36.0 | a possible deal that some say would let Harvey Weinstein off the hook, |
| 0:39.0 | and British voters go to the polls. |
| 0:41.0 | Plus the new Uber feature for skiers, the first all-electric |
| 0:44.9 | commercial airplane and Time magazine's Person of the Year. Then hang out after |
| 0:49.5 | the news for Thing to Know Thursday's Bonus Interview as a tech expert joins me to look back on the decade. |
| 0:57.6 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy all the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks |
| 1:06.0 | so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 1:09.2 | By the end of the day today the articles of impeachment against President |
| 1:15.8 | Trump will likely be on their way to the full house for a final vote next week. |
| 1:19.4 | After two days of partisan debate, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are expected to finalize the charges today. |
| 1:26.0 | But there's actually another hearing getting a lot of attention this week. |
| 1:29.5 | The Justice Department's internal watchdog, the guy who audits the department and checks for problems, |
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