UN Ambassador Nominee, Election Fraud & Walmart's 'Secret Santa' - Friday, December 7th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, December 7th, 2018!
Today, what to know about Trump's expected pick for a top job, the state investigating election fraud reports and the infant medicine recalled.
Plus: why the host of the Oscars stepped down, new self-driving cars hit the streets and Walmart's 'Secret Santas.'
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:05.4 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:07.6 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:10.3 | Today, Trump's new nominee for a top job, the state investigating claims of election fraud, |
| 0:15.2 | and the infant medicine recalled. |
| 0:17.3 | Plus why the host of the Oscars stepped down and Walmart's secret Santa. |
| 0:21.6 | Those stories in many more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:24.4 | I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Friday, December 7th. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:29.6 | President Trump is expected to make a big announcement this morning in a |
| 0:35.9 | tweet. Fox News reports Trump will likely tweet today that he's |
| 0:38.7 | nominating Heather Noward to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations. |
| 0:43.7 | Right now, Noward is the spokesman for the State Department and she used to be a Fox News |
| 0:48.0 | host. |
| 0:49.0 | A senior administration official told ABC News she would be a quote astounding advocate for America |
| 0:53.8 | calling her smart and hardworking but critics are not so sure they worry she does |
| 0:58.7 | not have the background or experience or knowledge for the job the UN UN Ambassador represents the U.S. at the |
| 1:04.3 | UN Security Council and would deal with sensitive and important negotiations |
| 1:08.6 | with leaders of other countries. If the Senate confirms the pick now it would replace Nicky Haley. |
| 1:13.7 | Haley said in October that she'll be leaving in the new year. |
| 1:16.7 | It's a month now after election day, but there's still election drama to tell you about this |
| 1:23.8 | time in North Carolina there are serious fraud allegations in the race for a US |
| 1:28.1 | house seat it was always close but everyone thought Republican Mark Harris won by |
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