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Russian Interference, Winter Storm & Peloton vs. Flywheel - Friday, February 21st, 2020

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

Daily News, Society & Culture, News

3.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Friday, February 21st, 2020! 

What to know today about the Nevada caucuses, Russian interference in the election, and the winter storm impacting millions...

Plus: which universities are giving more financial aid, why some people are getting free Peloton bikes, and it's time for Feel Good Friday.

Those stories and 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 or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

Nevada Weekend Caucuses: NPR, USA Today, Vox

Russian Interference: NYT, WSJ, WaPo, CBS News

Roger Stone Sentencing: AP, WSJ, CNBC

Winter Storm Impact: USA Today, NBC News, CNN, Weather

USC Offers Free Tuition: CBS News, LA Times

Morgan Stanley Buys E*Trade: WSJ, Bloomberg, NYT

Flywheel vs. Peloton: Business Insider, CNN, Fox Business

Facebook Recordings: The Verge

CBS Streaming Service: The Verge, Cnet

Hindus Celebrate: Times of India, Beliefnet

Feel Good Friday - USA Today, WaPo

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, February 21st.

0:02.6

What to know today about the Nevada Caucasus, Russian interference in the election,

0:06.3

and the winter storm impacting millions.

0:08.4

Plus which universities are giving more financial aid?

0:11.2

Why some people are getting free peloton bikes, and it's time for

0:14.2

feel-good Friday.

0:18.1

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:19.9

All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:22.0

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy,

0:25.7

thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this.

0:36.2

Well we start today with a couple of stories surrounding the 2020 election. First it's a big weekend for Democrats the Nevada caucuses are tomorrow

0:40.0

meaning voters in the state are going to weigh in on which Democrat they want to

0:43.6

take on President Trump in November. Tomorrow's the official day for this but

0:47.3

NPR reports a whopping 26,000 voters have already caucoused early. They did so by

0:51.8

filling out a form that makes them choose which candidate is their

0:54.1

first pick, second pick, and so on.

0:56.6

This was the first time the state allowed this in an effort to make it easier and more accessible

1:00.2

for people to vote.

1:01.5

So we'll see how it shakes out. Either way, Nevada is only the

1:04.1

third state in the nation to hold a caucus or primary and then super Tuesday

1:08.0

where more than a dozen states will have a say is on March 3rd. So it's coming

1:12.0

up.

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