Teacher Strike, Moon's Mobile Network & Google Clips - Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2018
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Wednesday, February 28th, 2018!
Today, students in Florida officially go back to class and the teacher strike in West Virginia comes to an end.
Plus: a mobile network on the moon, a virtual computer and Google clips...
All that and much 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. |
| 0:06.7 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:09.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:11.6 | Thanks so much for tuning in. |
| 0:13.4 | Today, an entire state of teachers on strike |
| 0:16.1 | and the president prepares for re-election, |
| 0:18.4 | plus a mobile network for the moon and a virtual computer. |
| 0:22.2 | All that and much more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.1 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:26.0 | Today is Wednesday, February 28. |
| 0:28.9 | You ready? |
| 0:29.9 | Let's do this. Today is the day the students in Parkland, Florida are officially going back to school |
| 0:39.6 | for the first time since the shooting on the 14th. They went back just for an orientation on |
| 0:44.2 | Sunday but now classes will start up again. At the same time we're hearing |
| 0:48.8 | from some lawmakers about gun laws. The Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is saying he does not want to |
| 0:54.1 | ban guns for law-abiding citizens. Reuters reports that instead he thinks |
| 0:58.2 | Republicans should concern themselves with making sure those who are unfit to |
| 1:01.8 | carry guns just don't get their hands on them. |
| 1:04.6 | That's not what students want to hear. |
| 1:06.1 | Remember, many student activists have been calling for more gun control since the shooting. |
| 1:10.1 | They're even planning a national rally next month. A teacher strike that lasted for days in West Virginia finally ended yesterday. |
| 1:19.0 | For four days, West Virginia teachers and staff took to the streets demanding better pay and it meant |
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