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Skimm This

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

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Summary

First: An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, TX. We’ll cover the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook, and the debate over what it will take to stop another classroom massacre. Next: As Oklahoma passed the most restrictive abortion law in the US this week, we spoke to an abortion provider to learn how she’s thinking about the future reproductive care in a post-Roe America. PS: theSkimm is tracking the state of abortion rights.  ICYMI: Analysts are saying Wall Street is on the cusp of a bear market. But what does it mean when stocks head into hibernation season? We'll explain what a bear market is, and what it means for your wallet...in 60 seconds. Later: Have you been wondering WTF monkeypox is? Same. We talked to an expert to understand how it spreads, what symptoms to look out for, and whether or not we need to be concerned.  Finally: This year’s AAPI Heritage Month theme is advancing leadership through collaboration. And we want to know: how are millennial women in the AAPI community bringing that theme to their work and lives? To find out, we spoke to the founders of Heart of Dinner, an org that provides food for the Asian elderly in NYC. On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Dr. Gigi Gronvall, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health Andrea Gallegos, executive administrator, Tulsa Women's Clinic Yin Chang and Moonlynn Tsai, co-founders, Heart of Dinner Want more Skimm?  Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now  Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Will Livingston, and Blake Lew-Merwin. Engineered by Andrew Callaway and Elie McAfee-Hahn, with help from Ko Takasugi-Czernowin. TheSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Schem this breaking news out of Texas and it is heartbreaking news.

0:10.2

I think we all know and have said many times with each other enough is enough.

0:15.4

All the moms and lots of babies I am so sorry. I cannot imagine what they're going through.

0:22.0

Now we have children murdered at school.

0:26.1

Whether we're going to do something horror and outrage throughout the US as we grieve yet

0:33.2

another mass shooting. This one the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook and as families

0:41.1

in Uval, Detexas more in the loss of 19 children and two educators the nation debates what it will

0:48.8

take to stop another classroom massacre. Also on the show Oklahoma has just passed the strictest

0:57.9

abortion ban in the country. We spoke to a provider there about what comes next.

1:04.0

We have to be advocates in what we do as well and so I think you kind of feel at least I

1:10.4

personally have felt this empowering need to fight back. We've also got what you need to know

1:17.8

about monkeypox and the rocky stock market and we'll wrap things up with some good news this AAPI

1:25.7

Heritage Month with the story of two community leaders making a difference one meal at a time.

1:32.5

We're here to make you smarter and the news lasts overwhelming. I'm Alex Carr let's skim this.

1:42.4

We're coming on the air because of an awful scene playing out today in Texas an active shooter

1:47.0

for a time at an elementary school in Uval, Detexas. This is about 80 miles outside of San Antonio.

1:53.3

On Tuesday two days before school was supposed to break for the summer 19 children and two adults

2:01.2

at Rob Elementary School in Uval, Detexas lost their lives in the deadliest school shooting since

2:07.9

Sandy Hook. At least a dozen others are injured and one woman remains in critical condition.

2:14.1

The 18 year old gunman who was a student at the local high school launched the attack shortly

2:21.3

before noon local time and was later killed by responding officers. Authorities said they believe

2:29.2

the gunman acted alone and that he shared his plans and direct messages on social media before

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