Shutdown Avoided, March for Our Lives & Snap Map - Friday, March 23rd, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Friday, March 23rd, 2018!
Today, we're talking about how the government shutdown was avoided just in time, more tariffs and Trump's lawyer is leaving.
Plus: March for Our Lives rally this weekend, Starbucks announced equal pay for all U.S. employees and Snapchat's new Snap Map.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:05.8 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:08.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:10.6 | Thank you so much for listening. |
| 0:12.3 | Today, the government shutdown, |
| 0:13.6 | avoid it. Tariffs times two and Trump's lawyer quits. Plus the March for |
| 0:18.6 | our lives rally, Starbucks pay equity, and Snapchat's Snapmap. That and much more in less than 10 |
| 0:25.3 | minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Friday, March 23rd. You ready? Let's do those. |
| 0:31.2 | Congress Let's do this. Congress just voted to avoid a government shutdown. |
| 0:37.0 | First, the House approved the latest spending bill, and early this morning, so did the Senate. |
| 0:42.0 | Remember, Congress had to pass the bill before midnight tonight |
| 0:45.0 | to keep the government open and running business as usual. |
| 0:48.4 | This latest $1.3 trillion spending bill |
| 0:51.1 | will fund the government through the end of September. |
| 0:53.6 | Assuming the president signs it which he likely will today. |
| 0:59.2 | It's official President Trump signed an executive order to put tariffs on about $60 billion worth of goods |
| 1:05.2 | imported from China each year. |
| 1:07.2 | We're talking electronics, clothes, and more. |
| 1:10.3 | The New York Times reports the order also comes with a crackdown on how much China can invest in U.S. companies, specifically tech firms. |
| 1:17.5 | The White House says it's retaliation that China has used intimidation tactics to get US technology and trade secrets. |
| 1:25.0 | China though is already hitting back. |
| 1:27.1 | The NBC says China is now proposing about $3 billion in tariffs on more than 100 US products that go to China, nuts, wine, steel pipes, and |
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