Shutdown Ends, Netflix Comedy & Sleep Study - Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2018
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018!Â
Today we're talking about the end of the government shutdown, why President Trump is targeting the solar industry with tariffs and what's unique about Vermont legalizing marijuana.
Plus: Apple's HomePod, Netflix is starting a new comedy series and the Oscar nominations coming soon.
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.Â
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy all the days news in less than 10 minutes |
| 0:08.0 | fast fair fun and on the go thanks so much listening. Today the government shutdown is over. |
| 0:14.6 | President Trump targets the solar industry and pot is given the green light in another |
| 0:19.2 | state. Plus Apple's Home Pod, Netflix comedy, and Oscar nominations. |
| 0:24.0 | All that and much more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:28.0 | Today is Tuesday, January 23rd. |
| 0:30.0 | You ready? |
| 0:31.0 | Let's do this. The government shutdown is officially over now, but some say it gave both parties a bit of a black guy. |
| 0:41.0 | So first, what happened? Well, there were enough votes from Senate Democrats |
| 0:44.8 | yesterday to go ahead and pass a short-term solution. It funds the government just through |
| 0:49.8 | February 8th, and it also adds a six-year extension to a program called Chip, the Children's Health Insurance |
| 0:55.8 | Program that ensures millions of kids. |
| 0:58.7 | But Democrats also wanted permanent DACA protections, so a key part of this deal was a promise from the top Republicans. |
| 1:05.6 | That promise is to allow an immigration vote in the coming weeks. |
| 1:09.0 | A chance for Congress to pass permanent protections for so-called dreamers, the young undocumented immigrants |
| 1:14.6 | that were brought to the US as children. |
| 1:17.0 | The AP reports not all Democrats were on board with pushing this decision out to yet another |
| 1:21.7 | date. An activist for immigrants' rights are pretty |
| 1:24.5 | disappointed. But bottom line is that the short-term spending bill passed both the |
| 1:28.6 | Senate and the House and got the President's signature. So that means the shutdown is over and the hundreds of |
| 1:34.2 | thousands of federal employees who were furloughed yesterday will be back to work |
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