SCOOP: How Did "The Butcher of Tehran" Get His Nickname? War correspondent Hollie McKay on the death of Iran's president.
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
5 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
"It's hard to find a worse person than Raisi, to put it bluntly," recalls writer and war correspondent Hollie McKay who joins us to discuss the role of Iran's President Raisi and what his sudden death means for the future - of not only Iran but the Middle East. Hollie spent several weeks traveling in Iran in 2017 and shares some invaluable insight on the Iranian people ~ PLUS: How she noticed she was being followed...and an interesting anecdote on her trip home.
0:00: A quick reminder about Memorial Day
2:00: What a lost shoe taught us about the news.
5:00: The death of President Raisi - Iran's president and believed successor to the Supreme Leader.
7:30: Hollie McKay joins us with insight and perspective.
35:00: What to know about potential arrest warrnats from the International Criminal Court for top leaders of Hamas and Israel.
38:00: Latest on Capitol Hill before a district breather.
41:00: Presidential debates break with tradition and why this matters.
47:00: A new record holder: the oldest man in space fufills a mission several decades in the making.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Scoop where you get the scoop on this week's news. My name is Jenna and this is Smarter News. |
| 0:08.0 | Hello, hello everybody. It's great to see you on Monday, May 20th. This is actually our final |
| 0:24.8 | scoop of the month, only because I have some exciting things to share with you in the coming |
| 0:31.9 | week. And we're going into Memorial Day weekend, which we know as a time where we honor those |
| 0:37.4 | who made the ultimate sacrifice for |
| 0:38.9 | our country. Memorial Day, just as a reminder, and I think it's always important to mention this, |
| 0:43.1 | is not something I always knew before I became part of a military family. My husband, as many of you |
| 0:49.6 | know, as a decorated combat veteran, and Memorial Day for our family can be really tricky, |
| 0:55.2 | because grief can be really tricky. And especially for those who serve, this can be a time that is fraught with |
| 1:02.0 | all sorts of emotions, which I'm sure we can all appreciate because at the same time that you could |
| 1:06.8 | tear up listening to the Star-Spangled banner, then you want to cheer at the end of it, right? |
| 1:15.0 | Just in that one song, you can feel a lot of different things. So a little friendly reminder, remember Memorial Day is for those who were specifically killed in action. It doesn't mean that we |
| 1:20.5 | can't honor those that were killed serving our country in a variety of different ways, but that's |
| 1:25.4 | where the origin of the day came from. |
| 1:28.1 | Veterans Day is really for those who served. |
| 1:30.7 | So it can be very natural to say to someone who served in the military, you know, thank you |
| 1:36.6 | for your service during Memorial Day, but it can be complicated for that person because |
| 1:40.6 | they're thinking about their teammates that maybe didn't make it out of their service. |
| 1:48.1 | So one of the things my husband taught me, and I'm sharing this just as a little smarter |
| 1:51.6 | tip, is you can say, you know, thank you for your service. |
| 1:55.6 | I'm really remembering all those who served and made such a sacrifice during this time. |
| 2:02.1 | It can be something very general, but it's an acknowledgement that you know that it's not just about veterans who served. It's about |
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