Trump vs. WHO, Dorsey's $1B Donation & Panda Mating - Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, April 8th, 2020!
What to know about why President Trump is threatening to cut funding from the World Health Organization, and we just saw three major staffing shakeups, from the White House to the Navy.
Plus, we're talking about the person behind the single biggest donation to fight the global pandemic, Facebook's new app for couples, and why it seems pandas want privacy.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Trump Threatens WHO Funding: NY Times, Politico
U.S. Case Count: Johns Hopkins
NY Death Toll Rises: AP, USA Today
International Updates: NY Times, Reuters, Newsweek
Watchdog Overseeing Stimulus Removed: NYT, AP, WaPo
White House Press Secretary Replaced: ABC News, Axios, Fox News
Acting Navy Secretary Resigns: NBC News, Washington Post, Politico, Axios
2020 Olympians Guaranteed a Spot: AP, Olympic.org
Federer Helps Tennis Amateurs: AP, Twitter
Twitter Founder $1B Donation: TechCrunch, Mashable, Twitter, Spreadsheet
Intel Pledges $50M: VentureBeat, Axios
Walgreens Expands Testing: Forbes, FOX Business, Walgreens
Self-Driving Shuttles Move Tests: The Verge, Digital Trends, Mayo Clinic
WhatsApp Limits Message Forwarding: The Verge, Mashable, CNN
Facebook New Couples App: Download 'Tuned', Mashable, The Information
Zoo Closes, Pandas Mate: ABC News, NY Times
Who's Hiring: LinkedIn, Indeed
Remote Jobs: Money Mag
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, April 8th. |
| 0:01.7 | What to know today about why President Trump is threatening to cut funding |
| 0:04.7 | from the World Health Organization, |
| 0:06.4 | and three major staffing shakeups from the White House to the Navy. |
| 0:10.0 | Plus, who's behind the single biggest donation |
| 0:12.0 | to fight this global pandemic? |
| 0:13.6 | Facebook launches a new app for couples and why it seems pandas do care about their privacy. |
| 0:21.1 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:23.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:25.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:30.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:36.0 | As a pandemic sweeps the globe, President Trump is thinking about withholding funding from the World Health Organization. |
| 0:42.0 | He accuses the United Nations Agency of not being aggressive enough |
| 0:45.0 | in confronting COVID-19 early on. |
| 0:47.6 | Trump said, quote, they called it wrong. |
| 0:49.6 | He's mostly referring to guidance from the WHO |
| 0:51.9 | in January that said travel bans would not prevent the |
| 0:54.5 | spread of COVID-19. President Trump cracked down on flights from China anyway. |
| 0:58.5 | Obviously we can't know exactly how many people would have been sickened had he not |
| 1:02.1 | taken that step. |
| 1:03.3 | President Trump says it would be a lot. |
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