SOTU Recap, Crypto Conundrum & Facebook Unsend - Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, February 6th, 2019!
Today, what to know about last night's State of the Union address and a measles outbreak spreading to more states.
Plus: T-Mobile's promise, a crypto conundrum and Facebook's newest feature with a time limit.
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' or see below...
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Sources:
State of the Union Recap: CBS News, WSJ (full text), The Hill, AP Fact Check
Pope Talks Sexual Abuse: AP News, Washington Post, NBC News
Measles Outbreak: CNN, NBC News, WHO
T-Mobile's Promise: Reuters, USA Today
Charlotte Russe Chapter 11: WSJ
Amazon's Retail: Business Insider
Crypto Conundrum: CNBC, MarketWatch
Password Checkup: VentureBeat
Fortnite Virtual Concert: WIRED, Business Insider
Facebook Unsend: TechCrunch
Oscars No Host: BuzzFeed News
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, February 6th. |
| 0:02.4 | What to know about last night's State of the Union address, |
| 0:04.9 | a measles outbreak spreading to more states, |
| 0:07.2 | and T-Mobile's new promise, |
| 0:09.1 | plus a crypto conundrum and Facebook's newest feature |
| 0:12.1 | with a time limit. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:18.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:20.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:24.3 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:25.8 | You ready? |
| 0:26.8 | Let's do this. |
| 0:31.8 | President Trump used last night's State of the Union address to call for |
| 0:35.0 | unity between political parties saying it's time to heal old wounds and quote |
| 0:38.9 | break decades of political stalemate. He discussed bipartisan issues too like infrastructure, drug prices, and the economy. |
| 0:46.1 | But he also continued to push for the funding to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, |
| 0:50.7 | the main sticking point during the longest government shutdown in history and he made |
| 0:54.8 | other jabs at Democrats. |
| 0:56.7 | Trump also announced plans for a second meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and said |
| 1:00.7 | it's happening soon February 27th and 28th in Vietnam. |
| 1:05.0 | Of course there was a lot more Trump talked for an hour and a half from the House |
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