Thursday, July 6th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Planet Earth experienced its hottest day on record, with global average temperatures reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit. Maternal mortality rates in the US have more than doubled between 1999 and 2019, particularly affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives. Labor negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters Union have broken down, potentially leading to a strike that could disrupt the supply chain. The US Navy reported that Iranian navy vessels attempted to seize American oil tankers in international waters near Oman. President Biden expressed support for Sweden's admission into NATO, but Turkish President Erdogan's veto poses a challenge. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WA Post: This July 4 was hot. Earth’s hottest day on record, in fact. Axios: Study: Maternal deaths widespread beyond the South Axios: Health experts see rise in maternal mortality post-Roe Bloomberg: UPS Labor Talks Stall as Union Balks Over ‘Unacceptable’ Offer Al Jazeera: US Navy says it repelled Iranian effort to seize oil tankers NY Times: Biden Says He Is ‘Anxiously’ Waiting for Sweden to Join NATO 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, July 6th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented by
0:05.8	Betches Media.
0:06.8	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:11.4	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:15.9	show there is, our government.
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0:48.9	This morning's Scary Weather Report is scary enough to be our lead story.
0:53.4	Planet Earth, as in like the whole entire thing, broke the record for hottest day since they
0:58.8	started keeping records on Monday, and then again on Tuesday, July 4th.
1:04.1	The record had previously been broken in 2016, and according to data from the U.S. National
1:09.3	Centers for Environmental Protection, global average temperatures reached a high of 62.92
1:15.4	degrees Fahrenheit, or 17.18 degrees Celsius, marking the hottest days since at least 1979.
1:23.6	No scientists believe that it may have been one of the hottest days on Earth in approximately
1:27.8	125,000 years.
1:30.3	No big deal.
1:31.6	In the U.S. alone, 57 million people were exposed to dangerous heat on Tuesday.
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