Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: We start in Haiti where the situation remains dire following Prime Minister Ariel Henry's resignation, with the country plunged into a state of chaos characterized by gang violence and political instability. The closure of international airports has further complicated matters, leaving Henry stranded in Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, in a legal battle, Donald Trump faces challenges in securing a bond to satisfy a $464 million civil fraud judgment in New York, potentially risking asset seizures by the New York Attorney General. Additionally, Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, infamous for his ties to Russian interference in the 2016 election, may return as a campaign advisor. On a brighter note, President Biden signed an executive order allocating $200 million for women's healthcare research, while the Supreme Court made significant rulings, blocking a Texas law empowering police to arrest suspected undocumented migrants and rejecting an appeal by Trump advisor Peter Navarro, who now faces a 4-month prison term for contempt of Congress related to the January 6th investigation. Lastly, the EPA has officially banned asbestos in the US, aiming to reduce the significant number of asbestos-related deaths annually. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: CBS News: What is happening in Haiti? Here's what to know Wall Street Journal: Trump Says He Can’t Secure Bond for $454 Million Civil-Fraud Judgment WA Post: Trump is eyeing Paul Manafort for 2024 campaign role NBC News: Biden signs executive order to boost women's health research AP News: Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants NPR: Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro to go to prison after Supreme Court rejects his appeal WA Post: EPA bans the most common form of cancer-causing asbestos Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, March 19th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches
0:06.2	Media. I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines
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0:59.0	We're starting today with some international news as we often do, but today's headlines bring us to Haiti, which has been in crisis since its prime minister, Ariel Henry announced his resignation on March 12th.
1:13.0	Henry has been in Puerto Rico since and has been unable to get back into Haiti
1:17.3	as its international airports have been closed in light of the chaos going on there.
1:21.1	Even prior to his resignation, conditions in Haiti are what some
1:25.2	experts have described as a low-scale civil war, with criminal gangs overwhelming state security
1:30.3	forces. These gangs have since attacked prisons and the Port-A-Prince Airport, forcing approximately 15,000
1:36.6	civilians to evacuate the capital as the economy has all but shut down.
1:40.9	And while this is the current state, it is hardly the result of a new problem.
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