UN Report, Journalists Freed & Royal Baby Boy - Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, May 7th, 2019!
Today, what to know about the latest legal battle in Washington, two Pulitzer Prize winning journalists freed from prison, and why an eighth of all species on Earth could be at risk of extinction.
Plus: what to know about new voting software, the royal baby born, and a Game of Thrones gaffe.
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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Sources:
UN Report: NPR, USA Today, NYT, YouTube
Tax Returns Request: WSJ, Washington Post, NYT
Cohen Before Prison: ABC News, Reuters
Journalists Freed: Reuters, AP, TIME
Microsoft Election Software: TechCrunch, NPR, Engadget
CBS News Changes: CBS News
Facebook Privacy: The Verge, Reuters
Royal Baby Born: BBC, CBS News, People
Game of Thrones Coffee Cup: The Verge, Deadline, NYT
Wendy's Social Promise: Business Insider
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, May 7th. |
| 0:04.0 | We're talking about the latest legal battle in Washington, |
| 0:06.4 | and why an eighth of all species on earth |
| 0:08.4 | could be at risk of extinction. |
| 0:10.5 | Plus what to know about new voting software, the Royal Baby Just Born, and a Game of Thrones |
| 0:15.7 | Gaff. |
| 0:16.7 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:21.2 | All the day's news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica |
| 0:26.5 | Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. We could see a massive die-off of plants and animals over the next few decades. |
| 0:38.2 | That's from a new United Nations report that says both plants and animals are going |
| 0:42.4 | extinct at an |
| 0:43.2 | unprecedented rate. It's so serious that about 1 million species out of an |
| 0:47.5 | estimated 8 million total on Earth are at risk of completely disappearing. And this |
| 0:52.2 | doesn't just affect plants and animals. |
| 0:53.9 | The UN report says it can take a major toll on humans |
| 0:56.9 | by limiting our food sources. |
| 0:59.0 | And that humans are to blame, because of things |
| 1:01.8 | like climate change, over overfishing and pollution. |
| 1:04.4 | But it's not all bad, USA Today reports, there is a way to prevent even more damage from |
| 1:08.8 | happening. |
| 1:09.8 | That includes not being so wasteful with food, finding more sustainable ways to fish, and |
| 1:14.0 | improving how we manage our land and water. But researchers say we do have to start now. |
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