Setting Sights on D.C. Statehood 🇺🇸

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🗓️ 12 January 2021

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🇺🇸 Learn what makes Washington, D.C. different from the rest of the country, and how that factored into the police response during the Capitol insurrection. Will DC become the 51st state? ⚾ How is Bianca Smith breaking down barriers in the professional sports world? 👩🏾‍🔬 What's going on with the COVID vaccine rollout? Infectious disease expert, Dr. Monica Gandhi joins The Ten News to discuss the Covid vaccine. 🎨 Plus! See if you can guess the answer to the Trivia Question of the Day: What surprise did archeologists find last year in the Amazon Rainforest? 🇺🇸 Explore Washington D.C.'s case for statehood: Why Statehood for DC ⚾ Discover how Bianca Smith is blazing trails in professional sports 🎨 Unearth the incredible prehistoric rock paintings found by archeologists in the Amazon rainforest 🎇 Join us on Instagram Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Why doesn't D.C. have a governor?
0:03.5	What is going on with the COVID vaccine rollout?
0:08.1	And what surprise did archaeologists uncovering the Amazon?
0:12.0	I'm Bethany Van Delft, and we'll get into all this and more on today's The 10 News,
0:17.1	the show where, in the time it takes to find that missing glove before you head outside,
0:22.3	we find out what's up in the world.
0:25.4	Okay, let's get into the 10 News.
0:27.4	10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
0:34.8	Over the weekend, we released a special episode about the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
0:42.6	Check it out if you haven't already.
0:45.0	Since then, there have been more developments to the story.
0:48.4	Twitter announced it would permanently ban Donald Trump from the platform due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
0:56.3	And even more consequential, the House of Representatives has drafted articles of impeachment
1:01.6	against him for the incitement of insurrection. We'll keep following these stories and
1:06.9	bringing you updates. Clearly, as I'm sure you've heard grown-ups say, actions have consequences,
1:14.2	no matter who you are. Our correspondent, Bridget Todd, lives in Washington, D.C. We heard from her
1:23.3	in our special episode about what it was like being there during the insurrection.
1:32.9	In that story, she mentions that the mayor had to wait for the federal government to activate the National Guard because D.C. is in a state. We thought now would be a good time to revisit a
1:39.5	story Bridget brought us about that very subject a few months ago.
1:50.5	Most people who live in the United States of America live in a state, like New York or California or Minnesota or Maine.
1:52.4	Well, I live in the United States of America, but I don't live in a state.
1:56.1	What?
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