SCOOP: "Flying Tigers," The "Holy Grail" of Shipwrecks & Congress Racing Against The Clock
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
4.9 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
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The number of local time zones in North America before railroads helped move us towards uniform time zones. Just one interesting tidbits from this week's SCOOP!
We cover:
- The origins of daylight savings time & standard time. The legislation that would change it permanently and the argument for and against it.*
- The origins of election day in November - and what to watch for on Tuesday.
- The latest on the economy - a lower than expected jobs report sparking mixed reviews.
- Congress has 20 days of official work before end of the year. Can they get the government funded?
- The military sends a submarine toward conflict and what to watch for this week as Israel closes in on Gaza City.
- Plus ~ Did you know Hamas has used North Korean weapons?
- And finally - we mark Veterans Day with the little known "Flying Tigers" of World War II.
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*P.S. point of clarification, the Senate DID pass the Sunshine Protection Act once but it fully stalled in the House and lawmakers now had to reintroduce to consider it!
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| 1:03.5 | Every year, millions of Americans are forced to participate in changing their clocks and falling back each November. |
| 1:16.6 | It's time we stopped all the back and forth and make daylight saving time permanent. As Florida's United States Senator, I'm proud to partner with my friend, Senator Rubio, |
| 1:20.6 | and our colleagues across the country to once again call on Congress to pass the Sunshine Protection Act. |
| 1:28.7 | Not only would this bill keep our community safer and benefit our economy and agriculture |
| 1:34.2 | community, but it would allow more Americans to enjoy the sunshine year-round. |
| 1:39.6 | That Senator Rick Scott of Florida kicking us off on Scoop for this week. |
| 1:43.7 | Welcome to Scoop everybody, |
| 1:44.7 | where you get the scoop on this week's news. My name is Jenna and this is Smarter News. And I'm so glad |
| 1:49.6 | you're here where we cover the tough topics, including clock changes. When I started Smarter |
| 1:55.5 | news five years ago, if you were to ask me, what are some of the topics that people are most |
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