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Saudi Cover Up, Self-Driving Car Service & Largest Jackpot - Monday, October 22nd, 2018

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Monday, October 22nd, 2018!

Today, we're talking about the Saudi government's confession and conflicting opinions about who tried to cover it up. 

Plus: a healthcare system hacked, a free self-driving car service, the World Series and America's largest lottery jackpot ever.

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 all of the stories mentioned (click 'Episodes'). 

Today's episode is brought to you by Crickstart.com Use the promo code NEWSWORTHY for 20% off. 

 

 

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0:00.0

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:05.7

All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:07.9

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:10.7

Today, is it a confession or a cover-up? A health care system hacked and a free

0:15.8

self-driving car service. Plus, the World Series and America's largest lottery

0:19.8

jackpot ever. Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes. I'm

0:24.0

Erica Mandy. Today is Monday October 22nd. You ready? Let's do this.

0:36.8

Saudi Arabia has officially acknowledged it now that the Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi is dead and that he died at the Saudi consulate

0:40.6

in Turkey. But remember the Saudi government originally said he walked out alive and denied any

0:45.8

involvement in his death. So what changed? Well a top Saudi official told

0:50.3

Fox News that the first story was the original report they had but once

0:54.6

Turkish officials started saying the reporter was killed the Saudis

0:57.8

investigated further. Now they say they've learned Koshoggi die during a

1:01.5

fist fight inside the consulate that it was a mistake and so

1:05.0

those involved tried to cover it up but that the crown prince never knew about it.

1:09.7

He said those responsible will be held accountable and called it a quote grave mistake.

1:13.7

But here's the thing. Not everyone is buying it. Top US lawmakers from both parties

1:19.0

say they do think the crown prince was behind this and want to see US sanctions

1:22.4

against Saudi Arabia.

1:24.4

Countries like Germany, Britain, and France have also condemned this killing.

1:28.4

Reuters reports President Trump called the Saudi explanation a good first step, but that

1:32.2

he wants more of an answer. Remember

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