State of the Union, Amazon Scout & V-Day Candy Unavailable (+ Talking Cannabis Trends with Patrick Rea) - Thursday, January 24th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, January 24th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about how the government shutdown is causing more delays - and not just at the airport.
Plus: Amazon's newest delivery robot and those popular conversation candy hearts won't be on shelves this Valentine's Day.
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.
Then, after the day's news: we're talking about trends and challenges in the cannabis industry in 2019. Co-founder and CEO of CanopyBoulder, Patrick Rea, is here to share his insights.
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Sources:
State of the Union: The Hill, WSJ, ABC News
Shutdown Proposals: CBS News, AP
IRS Employees :Washington Post, Forbes
PB Donation: CBS News
Cohen Cancels: NBC News, USA Today
Venezuela Chaos: CBS News, BBC,
Bank Docs Data Breach: TechCrunch
23andMe Cancer Test: Bloomberg, Time
Amazon's Scout: Engadget, CNBC
Hulu Prices: AP
Youtube Streaming Expanding: Fortune
Most Innovative Countries: Bloomberg
Hall of Fame History: Bleacher Report, CBS News
V-Day Candy Missing: CNBC, MarketWatch
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, January 24th. The shutdown is causing more delays and not just at the airport, think your tax refund and the president's speech. |
| 0:08.0 | Plus Amazon's new delivery robot and those candy hearts won't be around this Valentine's Day. |
| 0:13.7 | Then hang out after the news for thing to know Thursday we're talking about the |
| 0:17.2 | cannabis industry, what to watch for in 2019. |
| 0:20.4 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:35.0 | It's official, President Trump will not give his State of the Union address next week unless the shutdown ends first. |
| 0:45.0 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said he's not welcome in the House chamber until the government |
| 0:48.6 | is back open. |
| 0:50.0 | This comes in the middle of a political battle between Trump and Pelosi. |
| 0:53.4 | Then the Wall Street Journal reports President Trump had plans to address Americans from a different |
| 0:57.5 | location, but late last night Trump said he'll actually wait after all until the shutdown |
| 1:02.4 | is over. The State of the Union address |
| 1:04.3 | was scheduled for next Tuesday. Now it's t-b-dibd. |
| 1:10.6 | More voting and negotiating happening today as lawmakers try to see what might actually |
| 1:14.5 | end the longest government shutdown ever. |
| 1:16.5 | First, the AP reports top Democrats in the House say they might give President Trump as much |
| 1:21.0 | as the full 5.7 billion dollars he's asking for if he'll open the government. |
| 1:26.0 | But here's the catch. The money cannot be used for a wall or other physical barrier at the border, |
| 1:31.0 | and that's been the sticking point for Trump. |
| 1:33.6 | Instead, Democrats said the money could be used for different types of security at the border, |
| 1:37.7 | using things like drones and other technology. |
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