Shutdown + Syria, Airport Drones & Juul Bonuses - Friday, December 21st, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, December 21st, 2018!
Today, we're talking about the possible government shutdown and a highly-respected military official leaving.
Plus: a major airport affected by a drone, a deal giving employees an average of $1.3 million each and the shortest day of the year.
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.
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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. |
| 0:10.7 | Today, a lot happening in Washington, |
| 0:12.4 | from a possible government shutdown to a |
| 0:14.3 | highly respected military official leaving. Plus a major airport affected by |
| 0:18.8 | drones, a deal giving employees a million dollars each and the first day of winter. |
| 0:24.0 | Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:27.5 | Today is Friday, December 21st. |
| 0:29.9 | You ready? |
| 0:30.8 | Let's do this. |
| 0:40.0 | The deadline is tonight at midnight, and now a government shutdown may actually happen. President Trump now says he'll veto any spending bill that doesn't have that $5 billion for a border |
| 0:44.9 | wall that he wants. |
| 0:46.7 | It's another change from earlier this week. |
| 0:48.9 | First he did demand that $5 billion. |
| 0:51.0 | Then Republican lawmakers signaled the president was actually okay with |
| 0:53.9 | waiting until next year to fight for it. But then came the pushback from |
| 0:57.5 | Trump supporters and certain pundits and the president is back to demanding the |
| 1:01.4 | money for border security. |
| 1:03.2 | Money Democrats say they won't vote for. |
| 1:05.8 | The whole thing has sent US stocks way down. |
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