Travel Bans, Coast-to-Coast Storm & Super Bowl Ads Pulled- Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, January 26th, 2021!
We have updates about:
- new travel requirements in the U.S.
- a federal investigation into the Justice Department
- the winter storm impacting millions of Americans across the country
- which major brands won't be advertising at the Super Bowl this year and why
- what Twitter's new Birdwatch feature is all about
- the top movies of the year
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
New Travel Restrictions: NPR, CBS News, AP, USA Today, White House
Plan to Overturn Election Investigated: WSJ, WaPo, FOX News, NY Times, OIG Statement
Impeachment Article Delivered: CNBC, NY Times, AP
Italy Prime Minister to Resign: BBC, WaPo, Axios
World's Ice Melting Faster than Ever: WSJ, Bloomberg, WaPo, Full Research
Latest Winter Storm: USA Today, AP, NBC News, Accuweather
Major Brands Sitting Out Super Bowl: AP, CNBC, NY Times, Budweiser
Google Helps Vaccine Efforts: SF Chronicle, ABC News, Engadget, Google
Twitter Launches Fact-Checking Feature: The Verge, NBC News, AP, Twitter, Birdwatch
Disney Overhauling Jungle Cruise: SF Gate, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter, Disney Parks
AFI's Top Movies: AP, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, AFI
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, January 26th. |
| 0:02.2 | What to know about a new travel ban and travel requirements put in place in the U.S. |
| 0:06.7 | A new federal investigation into the Justice Department, |
| 0:10.0 | and the winter storm impacting millions of Americans across the country. |
| 0:13.7 | Plus which major brands will not be advertising at the Super Bowl this year and why. |
| 0:18.2 | What Twitter's new Birdwatch feature is all the day's |
| 0:25.0 | the day's newsworthy all the days news in around 10 minutes |
| 0:29.5 | fast fair fun and on the go |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Erica Mandy thanks so much for being here. You're ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:37.0 | The US has new travel restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. |
| 0:45.0 | First up, the Biden administration restarted a travel ban that now applies to 30 countries, |
| 0:51.0 | meaning many non-American citizens from those places can no longer |
| 0:54.6 | come into the US. |
| 0:56.1 | They include the UK, Ireland, and several other European countries. |
| 1:00.0 | The ban also blocks travelers from Brazil and South Africa, |
| 1:03.0 | where researchers have discovered new COVID-19 strains. |
| 1:06.6 | Also starting today, all travelers flying into the US from abroad, |
| 1:09.8 | including US citizens, |
| 1:11.4 | have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before getting on a plane. |
| 1:15.9 | The State Department says all Americans should reconsider non-essential travel anywhere outside |
| 1:20.4 | the country right now. There's a new investigation into one of the |
| 1:25.8 | government's own agencies. The federal watchdog that can audit and |
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