Second Winter Storm, Trump vs. McConnell & Spring Training Begins- Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 17 February 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, February 17th, 2021!
We'll tell you about:
- the winter storm causing record cold temperatures and power outages across the country
- what to expect from the second storm arriving now
- two major players in the Republican party exchanging insults: how former President Trump is lashing out against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
- another new high for Bitcoin
- the 'richest person in the world' title changing again
- which Olympian just made history
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Next Winter Storm: Weather Channel, CNN, ABC News, USA Today, NWS
Power Outages Update: Texas Tribune, Reuters, KHOU, PowerOutage.us
Storm Disrupts COVID-19 Vaccinations: WaPo, Politico, NPR
Vaccine Shipments Increase: USA Today, CNBC, The Hill
Trump Slams McConnell: Politico, NY Times, NBC News, FOX News
NAACP Suing Trump and Giuliani: NY Times, Reuters, Politico, Axios, NAACP
Vegas Airport Name Change: AP, WaPo, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bitcoin Cost Exceeds $50,000: AP, WSJ, Ars Technica
New World's Richest Person: CNBC, Cnet, Forbes
MLB Spring Training Starts: NY Times, USA Today, MLB.com, CBS Sports
Skier Wins 6th Championship: AP, NY Times, NBC Sports
Work Wednesday: More Young People Enlist in Military: WSJ
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, February 17th. |
| 0:02.1 | We have an update about the winter storm causing record cold temperatures and power outages |
| 0:05.8 | across the country, and what you expect from the second storm arriving now. |
| 0:09.9 | Also, two major players in the Republican Party are exchanging insults. |
| 0:13.8 | How former President Trump is now responding to the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. |
| 0:18.0 | Plus, another new high for Bitcoin. |
| 0:20.0 | The richest person in the world title changes again, |
| 0:23.0 | and which Olympian just made history. |
| 0:25.7 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:29.7 | All the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:32.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:35.6 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:37.2 | You ready? |
| 0:38.1 | Let's do this. |
| 0:42.7 | The surge of extreme winter weather shows no sign of letting up. |
| 0:46.4 | About 115 million Americans are in the path of the second winter storm this week |
| 0:50.5 | from Texas to Massachusetts. |
| 0:52.5 | It already started in the southern plains overnight. |
| 0:55.0 | There, another one to six inches of snow is expected today, |
| 0:58.1 | even in the already hard-hit state of Texas, |
| 1:00.7 | where this kind of weather is especially rare. |
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