Trump's Tariffs, Opioid Crisis & Alexa Laughing (+ 3QTh on Self-Driving Cars with Shawn DuBravac) - Thursday, March 8th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2018
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Thursday, March 8th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about what to expect from President Trump's plan for steel & aluminum tariffs and two new studies about the opioid crisis.
Plus: it's International Women's Day and Amazon Alexa is randomly laughing.
All that and much 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 the bonus Three Question Thursday interview. This week we're talking about the future of self-driving cars with Dr. Shawn DuBravac, author of the New York Times Best Seller Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate. He is president and founder of Astra Insights.
For over a dozen years, DuBravac served as chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and his analysis has appeared on The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, Wired, Los Angeles Times, Barron's and on-air with CNBC, Bloomberg, CBS and other media outlets.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:06.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:08.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:10.7 | Thanks so much for listening. |
| 0:12.3 | Today, President Trump could sign the order |
| 0:14.2 | for Steel Terrace and the two new studies about the opioid crisis. Plus International |
| 0:19.2 | Women's Day and Amazon Alexa's random laughing. |
| 0:22.6 | All that and much more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.4 | And hang out today after the news for three question Thursday. |
| 0:28.5 | We're talking all about self-driving cars |
| 0:31.1 | now and in the future. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:34.0 | Today is Thursday, March 8th. |
| 0:36.0 | You ready? |
| 0:37.0 | Let's do this. |
| 0:38.0 | Today is the day President Trump is expected to sign the order to put pretty big |
| 0:45.2 | tariffs on steel and aluminum, so an extra tax on imports of those metals coming |
| 0:50.0 | into the US. It's a very controversial move ever since President Trump first |
| 0:54.3 | brought it up last week. The Wall Street Journal reports more than 100 |
| 0:58.0 | Republican lawmakers sent an urgent letter to the president asking him to hold |
| 1:02.2 | up. They want the president to |
| 1:03.8 | reconsider. The letter says tariffs could have quote |
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