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Shutdown's Second Week, Farthest Flyby & NYE Celebrations - Monday, December 31st, 2018

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Monday, December 31st, 2018!

Today, we're talking about what to expect as week two of the partial government shutdown begins, which newspapers were impacted by a cyber attack and why the new year means new pay raises for millions of Americans.

Plus: NASA's historic mission and fast facts about the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes.' 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:06.0

All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:08.2

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:10.8

Today, what to expect as week two of the government shutdown begins and

0:14.0

why the new year means new pay raises for millions of Americans plus NASA's

0:18.6

Historic Commission and fast facts about Times Square's New Year's

0:22.1

celebration.

0:23.2

Those stories in more in less than 10 minutes.

0:25.9

I'm Erica Mandy.

0:26.8

Today is Monday, December 31st.

0:29.0

You ready, let's do this.

0:31.0

As expected, the government Let's do this.

0:34.1

As expected, the government shutdown will continue into the new year and one Republican senator

0:38.4

says negotiations are getting nowhere.

0:41.3

He told CBS News the shutdown could last a long long time.

0:44.8

The shutdown is now in its second week and remember the main thing causing the

0:49.1

standoff is funding

0:55.0

bill bill that crosses his desk before he'll sign it and end the shutdown.

0:58.0

In fact, on Friday, he even threatened to shut down the

1:01.0

U.S. border with Mexico altogether, if he doesn't get what he wants.

1:04.8

But Democrats still say it's not going to happen.

1:07.3

And really, the Washington Post says it's not even clear if Trump could actually shut

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