Tuesday, February 21st, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

News Commentary, Politics, Daily News, News

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: President Biden spent his Presidents Day making a surprise trip to Kyiv, Ukraine to visit Vlodymyr Zelenskyy. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has reportedly given Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41-thousand hours of surveillance footage from the Capitol on January 6th. Two more major earthquakes, 6.4 and 5.8, have hit Turkey this weekend. One person was killed and 4 more were injured after a gunman opened fire in New Orleans on Sunday night. 98-year-old former President Jimmy Carter has transitioned to hospice care after a number of recent hospital stays. Finally for today, Facebook and Instagram are launching a new subscription service where users can pay a monthly fee to become verified. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: AP News: Biden declares ‘Kyiv stands’ in surprise visit to Ukraine Axios: Exclusive: McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to trove of Jan. 6 riot tape Guardian: Turkey hit by two more powerful earthquakes two weeks after disaster NY Times: 1 Dead, 4 Wounded in Shooting at New Orleans Parade Ahead of Mardi Gras CBS: Jimmy Carter receiving hospice care, Carter Center says META: Testing Meta Verified to Help Creators Establish Their Presence NPR: Instagram and Facebook launch new paid verification service, Meta Verified Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, February 21st, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:05.6	by Betches Media.
0:06.6	On your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily 5-minute breakdown of the headlines
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0:41.0	President Biden spent his president's day making a very hosh-hosh surprise trip to Key
0:45.3	of Ukraine to visit Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and mark one year since the Russian
0:50.6	invasion.
0:51.6	While he was there, Biden announced an additional $500 million in U.S. military assistance
0:56.7	in the form of weaponry and surveillance equipment, and said that the U.S. will stand
1:00.7	with Zelensky against Russia for as long as it takes.
1:04.0	This was a significant visit, not just symbolically, but because it's not often that a U.S. president
1:08.9	will travel to a conflict zone without having controlled the airspace, and this was Biden's
1:13.1	first trip to a war zone as president.
1:15.8	Not only was this a big deal diplomatically, but Biden also got to experience his favorite
1:20.2	form of travel, a 10-hour overnight train from Poland to Kiev and back.
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