Troops Withdrawal, Facebook Lawsuit & Safest Cars (+ Talking Good News with Branden Harvey) - Thursday, December 20th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2018
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Thursday, December 20th, 2018!
Today: a surprise announcement from the White House affecting troops in Syria and an update about the possible government shutdown.
Plus: new research about Saturn's rings, Pinterest has a new plan for 2019 and the safest cars list.
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.
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday. This week we're talking about the most popular good news stories of 2018 with guest Branden Harvey of Good Good Good.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:05.7 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:07.9 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:10.5 | Today, a surprise announcement from the White House affecting troops overseas and an update |
| 0:15.0 | about the government shutdown deadline. Plus new research about Saturn's rings and Pinterest |
| 0:20.0 | has a new plan for 2019. Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:24.5 | Then hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday. This week we're talking |
| 0:28.2 | about the good news of 2018 giving you all the inspiration as we head into the holidays. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Thursday, December 20th. |
| 0:36.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:41.0 | A surprise announcement from the White House, President Trump says, we won, we won the war on ISIS, |
| 0:46.6 | and it's time to bring troops home from Syria. Reuters reports there are about 2,000 US ground |
| 0:52.0 | troops in Syria right now and pulling them out |
| 0:53.7 | completely could happen in the coming months. The Pentagon is saying it |
| 0:57.4 | started the process of returning US troops from Syria but it'll keep working to |
| 1:01.6 | defeat ISIS from wherever. |
| 1:04.0 | So what are other people saying about it? |
| 1:06.0 | Well, many of Trump's fellow Republicans, along with many Democrats, |
| 1:10.0 | are against this call, saying it's a national security mistake to leave that it would |
| 1:14.1 | strengthen Russia and Iran and leave allies in Syria vulnerable to an attack by |
| 1:18.1 | Turkey. Some Democrats wondered if this was more about Trump's own interests and |
| 1:22.2 | dealings with other countries. |
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