Trial Delayed, Landmark Robocall Law & Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Friday, December 20th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 20 December 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, December 20th, 2019!
What to know today about why the Senate trial could be delayed, new information about smartphone tracking, and the new tools to help you avoid robocalls.
Plus: the first official day of winter, Facebook's latest big project, and it's a big weekend for Star Wars….
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.
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Sources:
Impeachment Trial Delayed?: NYT, Washington Post, WSJ, ABC News, CNBC
Dem Debate: POLITICO, Politico, NBC News, Washington Post
Tracking Your Location: NYT (info), NYT (what to do)
Landmark Robocall Law: The Hill, The Verge, AP
Hanukkah: History.com
Facebook Bans Census Disinformation: WaPo
Facebook Operating System: TechCrunch, Engadget, Bloomberg, The Information
Star Wars Final Chapter: Hollywood Reporter, Variety
Eddie Murphy Returns to SNL: People, Deadline
Miss America 2019: Yahoo Lifestyle, E! News, NPR
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, December 20th. |
| 0:02.0 | What to know today about a Senate trial holdup, |
| 0:05.0 | the last Dem debate of the year, |
| 0:07.0 | and the new tools to help you avoid robocalls. |
| 0:09.0 | Plus, the first official day of winter, |
| 0:12.0 | Facebook's latest project, and it's a big weekend for |
| 0:14.8 | Star Wars. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:22.1 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:30.0 | What happens next now that President Trump has been impeached is |
| 0:35.5 | apparently in limbo. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is supposed to send the |
| 0:39.0 | just approved Articles of impeachment for obstruction of Congress and |
| 0:42.2 | abuse of power to the Senate. |
| 0:44.0 | The Senate of course then would hold a trial to decide whether to remove Trump from office. |
| 0:48.0 | But Speaker Pelosi is holding off for now. |
| 0:51.0 | The reason? |
| 0:52.0 | The Wall Street Journal reports she's not confident the Senate |
| 0:54.4 | controlled by Republicans would hold a fair trial. So she says she wants more info on |
| 0:59.6 | the rules and Republicans plan like witnesses that will speak at the trial before she |
| 1:03.8 | hands it off. She also says she needs the info before she can make decisions about |
| 1:07.7 | the impeachment managers or prosecutors. The Constitution doesn't explain the |
| 1:12.1 | exact procedure here but experts told the Wall Street Journal, Pelosi does have the power to delay this process if she wants. |
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