Tracking Dorian, Walmart Gun Sales & Facial Recognition - Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, September 4th, 2019!
Today, we've got another update about Hurricane Dorian as it impacts the U.S., and we're talking Walmart's new rules for guns and ammunition.
Plus: Facebook's facial recognition and the NFL's new plans to reach teens.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Hurricane Dorian: ABC News, Weather Channel, AccuWeather, AP, The Hill
US Manufacturing: NBC News, WSJ, Bloomberg
Walmart Gun Sales: WSJ, NYT, CNN, The Hill
Flavored E-Cig Ban: The Washington Post
Facebook Face Recognition: Facebook, Consumer Reports, Quartz, Reuters, The Hill
Android 10 Released: Cnet, The Verge, Business Insider
New Foldable Phone? : Bloomberg
Apple Watch Patent: TechCrunch, 9to5mac
Summer Youth Unemployment: WSJ
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, September 4th. |
| 0:02.0 | We've got an update about Hurricane Dorian |
| 0:04.1 | as it's now impacting southeastern states in the US. |
| 0:07.1 | Plus Walmart's new rules for gun sales, |
| 0:09.8 | what product Michigan just became the first to ban, and what to know about Facebook's facial recognition? |
| 0:17.5 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:21.7 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. You |
| 0:27.2 | ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:29.1 | Hurricane Dorian is on the move heading up the Florida coast today into Georgia |
| 0:36.2 | and South Carolina. As of early this morning the Weather Channel says it's now a category 2 storm |
| 0:41.6 | meaning its wind speeds can reach 110 miles per hour and |
| 0:44.9 | while it's gotten weaker it's also gotten larger at this point forecasters don't |
| 0:49.6 | think Dorian will make landfall on the US mainland instead they think it will hug the coastline as it moves up the Atlantic. |
| 0:56.0 | And it can still mean damaging winds and flooding. |
| 0:59.0 | Plus it's still dangerously close to land, and one small change could send it inland |
| 1:04.0 | especially in North Carolina tomorrow. So with that in mind 2 million people |
| 1:08.4 | across the southeast have been told to evacuate. And Walt Disney World |
| 1:12.1 | closed all of its parks yesterday in Florida, |
| 1:14.4 | something it's only done three times since 1971. In fact, Disney also announced a |
| 1:19.5 | $1 million donation to help with relief efforts in the Bahamas because remember |
| 1:24.2 | the hurricane has already caused devastation there and killed at least seven people and |
| 1:28.7 | sadly rescue workers think they'll find more victims on the islands |
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