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The 7

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Tuesday briefing: Missing Titanic sub; Tropical Storm Bret; FBI’s Jan. 6 investigation; how roofs could cool the planet; and more


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0:00.0

The search for a missing submersible, tropical storm Brett, and roofs that could cool the world.

0:08.0

That's some of what we'll get to on the Seven from the Washington Post.

0:12.0

I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Tuesday, June 20th. Let's get you caught

0:16.0

up with today's 7 stories.

0:18.6

First up, a submersible carrying five people disappeared near the Titanic shipwreck.

0:28.0

The vessel lost contact during a dive on Sunday morning, about 900 miles east of Cape Cod.

0:33.7

It was on a tourist expedition to explore the wreck.

0:36.8

The Coast Guard and commercial boats near the area

0:39.1

are searching for the vessel.

0:40.8

Rescuers estimated yesterday that passengers have three to four days of life support available.

0:46.0

The dive was organized by Ocean Gate Expeditions, a private research and tourism company.

0:52.0

It began putting on these trips in 2021.

0:58.6

Number two, the FBI resisted opening its investigation into Donald Trump's role in January 6th.

1:05.6

A post investigation found that some in the agency were afraid of appearing partisan.

1:10.6

There was also disagreement over how much evidence was needed to start an investigation

1:14.9

into the former president's actions.

1:17.4

This meant more than a year passed before federal agents began a formal investigation of

1:22.4

Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

1:27.0

Number three, Tropical Storm Brett formed in the Atlantic yesterday.

1:36.0

It's about halfway between the coast of Africa and the eastern Caribbean Sea.

1:40.0

The system is likely to grow stronger and move west.

1:44.0

It can impact Caribbean islands like Trinidad and Tobago as a hurricane by the weekend.

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