Trump vs. California, Galaxy S10 & Ariana Grande's Record - Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, February 20th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about why the federal government wants billions of dollars back from California and why the FDA is warning people about a new kind of procedure.
Plus: Samsung's big launch event today, the biggest contract in baseball and Ariana Grande ties with the Beatles.
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 to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see below...
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Sources:
Trump vs. California: AP, LA Times
Trump Investigations: NYT, NBC News
Deputy AG Nominee: The Hill
Bernie Sanders 2020: NBC News, CNN, BusinessInsider
West Virginia Teacher Strike: ABCABC News, Time
FDA Bans 'Young Blood' Treatments: TechCrunch, NBC News
Samsung S10 Launch: The Verge, Forbes, CNET
Biggest Baseball Contract Signed: ESPN
USA Gymnastics New President: NPR, WaPo, Time/AP
Michael Jackson Movie Trailer: ENews, Fortune
Ariana Grande's Record: Billboard
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, February 20th. |
| 0:02.4 | We're talking about why the federal government wants billions of dollars back from California |
| 0:06.5 | and the FDA's warning about a new kind of procedure. |
| 0:09.4 | Plus, Samsung's big event today, the biggest contract in baseball, and Ariana Grande ties with |
| 0:14.7 | the Beatles. |
| 0:15.7 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:20.3 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. 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 | More attention between President Trump and California. |
| 0:36.6 | The latest reason? |
| 0:37.6 | The Trump administration says it plans to cancel or get California to return, |
| 0:42.0 | a total of three and a half billion dollars in federal funds, |
| 0:45.4 | funds that were designated to California's high-speed rail project. |
| 0:49.0 | Well, the Transportation Department now says the state is not making enough progress on the project but |
| 0:53.8 | California's governor calls it all political saying it's payback to California |
| 0:58.0 | for leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration. |
| 1:00.2 | Remember earlier this week a total of 16 states are now suing over Trump's |
| 1:04.6 | National Emergency Declaration, so this fight is not over. |
| 1:08.0 | President Trump is pushing back against a New York Times report and calling it fake news. |
| 1:15.6 | The Times site sources and confidential documents saying the President made an effort to quote |
| 1:19.5 | undermine multiple investigations. |
| 1:22.2 | The Times says in part that late last year, Trump asked the acting attorney general at the time |
| 1:26.2 | at Matt Whitaker if Trump's own appointee could take over a federal investigation involving |
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