Thursday, January 11th, 2024

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: In a surprise announcement, Chris Christie withdraws from the 2024 Republican primary in New Hampshire, citing a commitment to truth-telling about Trump. However, a hot mic captures him saying Nikki Haley will "get smoked," and Ron DeSantis called him "petrified." Florida's book ban laws, affecting titles including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and biographies, raise concerns in the Escambia County School District. Republican governors in 15 states reject federally funded summer food assistance programs, impacting 8 million children, with reasons ranging from concerns about childhood obesity to a lack of belief in welfare. On the international front, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken states that Saudi Arabia seeks to normalize relations with Israel but demands a commitment to a two-state solution. Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice begins hearings on South Africa's case against Israel for alleged genocide in Gaza. In a humorous twist, Hunter Biden makes a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee meeting regarding a contempt of Congress resolution for refusing a closed-door deposition. Lastly, Trump backs out of delivering his closing argument in his civil fraud trial, citing unacceptable limitations imposed by the judge. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NBC News: Chris Christie drops out of the 2024 presidential race Huff Post: Florida School District Pulls Dictionaries, Encyclopedias From Library Over 'Sexual' Content WA Post: Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids Axios: Blinken tells Bibi Saudis want peace deal, but not without two-state solution NY Times: At World Court, Israel to Confront Accusations of Genocide Axios: Hunter Biden unexpectedly shows up at his House contempt hearing NY Times: Trump Won’t Give Closing Argument at Fraud Trial After Judge Sets Limits Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, January 11th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:07.0	I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't afraid to take aside and
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0:38.5	Yesterday, Chris Christie gave remarks at an event in New Hampshire where he announced
0:46.1	that he is dropping out of the 2024 Republican primary.
0:49.7	He said that he had been quote in this race to tell the truth and he was concerned that nobody would
0:54.7	tell the truth about Trump excuse me we are here five days a week he also spoke about
1:00.0	how he had put his personal ambition ahead of what's right in 2016, and that he got in this
1:05.0	race because he promised he would not do that again.
1:08.1	However, just before he gave those remarks, he was caught on a hot mic saying that
1:12.2	Niki Haley is going to quote get smoked and that Ron
1:15.3	DeSantis had called him quote petrified. Now I'm sure it'll be very convincing
1:20.0	when you go campaign on behalf of either of them.
1:23.0	Speaking of Petrified Ron, though, Florida's book ban laws, which he denies our book bans,
1:28.0	have come for its latest casualty, the dictionary.
1:31.0	The Escambia County School District has reportedly removed five different dictionaries,
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