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The NewsWorthy

Summit Aftermath, Facebook Cryptocurrency & Dr. Seuss - Friday, March 1st, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Friday, March 1st, 2019!

Today, what to know about the praise and pushback President Trump is facing today, the history-making corruption charges overseas, and Facebook's plans for its own digital currency.

Plus: Martha Stewart partners with a cannabis company and a new book from Dr. Seuss.

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.

You can also go to www.theNewsWorthy.com to see story sources and links in the section titled 'Episodes' or see below...

Today's episode is brought to you by Fab Fit Fun. Use code NEWS for $10 off your first box. #fabfitfunpartner

 

 

 

 

Sources: 

 

Vietnam Summit Reaction: The Hill, CBS News, Bloomberg, AP, BBC

 

Cohen Follow-Up: WSJ, Politico, Time

 

Israel PM Indicted: AP, CBS News, PBS

 

Facebook Cryptocurrency?: Bloomberg, NYT, Business Insider

 

Wireless Baby Sensors: AP, MIT Technology Review, Science

 

Martha Stewart + Pot: Fox Business

 

Gap & Old Navy Split: CNN

 

Amazon Day: TechCrunch

 

MLB Contract: CBS Sports, ESPN

 

Lady Gaga: People, Jimmy Kimmel

 

Dr. Seuss Book: USA Today

 

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, March 1st.

0:02.0

What to know about the praise and pushback for the president today,

0:05.0

history making corruption charges overseas,

0:08.0

and Facebook getting its own digital cash,

0:10.0

plus Martha Stewart's marijuana line and Dr. Seuss's comeback.

0:14.0

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:19.0

All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:21.0

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this.

0:28.4

Today there's still the question. Why did the deal with North Korea not work?

0:36.0

Turns out both leaders are giving contradicting reasons. The AP reports President Trump

0:41.0

says sanctions were the sticking point saying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

0:44.3

would only get rid of some nukes if the US lifted all sanctions against the country.

0:49.2

And Trump walked away.

0:50.8

But North Korea's foreign minister says that's not true, that the country only asked for some

0:55.4

of those sanctions to be lifted.

0:57.4

Either way, an agreement did not happen during the summit in Vietnam this week.

1:01.4

And some lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are praising

1:03.9

the president for his willingness to walk away. But there's also criticism from

1:08.2

both sides as well for what the president said about Otto Warmbier. Remember

1:12.3

Warmbier was an American college student who was

1:14.6

tortured while in North Korean custody and died back home. Well Trump said this

1:18.7

week that Kim claimed he had nothing to do with that death and Trump says he believes him.

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