VP Debate Preps, Hurricane Delta & WNBA Champs- Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 7 October 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, October 7th, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- President Trump's condition as he recovers from COVID-19
- the outbreak spreading through the White House
- changes in place for tonight's vice-presidential debate
- mixed messages regarding relief negotiations
- Hurricane Delta closing in on Mexico and threatening the U.S.
- how former bandmates are mourning a rock-and-roll legend
- the new name for what's now called Eskimo Pies
- the winning team of a history-making championship game
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Trump Reports No Symptoms: AP, FOX News, Axios
Facebook, Twitter Block Trump Posts: WaPo, CNBC, BBC, Johns Hopkins
Stephen Miller Tests Positive: Politico, CNN, NBC News
Pentagon Leaders Quarantined: WSJ, AP, ABC News, CNN
Relief Negotiations Stalled: AP, WaPo, WSJ, Politico, Trump Afternoon Tweet, Trump Evening Tweet, Pelosi Statement
Vice Presidential Debate: WaPo, NBC News, Newsweek, Reuters
FDA New Vaccine Guidelines: AP, NBC News, NPR, WSJ, Trump Tweet
Hurricane Delta Intensifies: Weather Channel, USA Today, AP, CNN, NHC
House Panel Releases Big Tech Report: WSJ, CNBC, Engadget, Full Report
Facebook Bans QAnon: The Verge, Axios, AP, Facebook
Instagram Hiding Negative Comments: CBS News, FOX Business, Instagram
Eskimo Pie Name Change: CNN, FOX Business, USA Today, Forbes
Eddie Van Halen Dies: USA Today, Rolling Stone, WaPo, David Lee Roth Post, Sammy Hagar Post
Seattle Storm Wins WNBA Championship: USA Today, CNN, ESPN
Work Wednesday: Americans Taking Fewer Days Off: Axios, Survey
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, October 7th. |
| 0:01.8 | What to know today about President Trump's condition, |
| 0:04.2 | the outbreak spreading through the White House, |
| 0:05.9 | and what changes are in place for tonight's vice presidential debate. |
| 0:09.2 | Also, relief negotiations have stalled, |
| 0:11.6 | or have they? |
| 0:12.7 | And we're keeping an eye on Hurricane Delta |
| 0:14.6 | as it closes in on Mexico and threatens the United States. |
| 0:18.0 | Plus morning a rock and roll legend, |
| 0:19.9 | the new name for what's now called Eskimo Pies and the winning team of a history-making championship |
| 0:24.9 | game. |
| 0:27.9 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:29.7 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:31.9 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks |
| 0:35.8 | so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:39.2 | Well so far it seems President Trump's COVID-19 recovery is going well. |
| 0:46.5 | White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said President Trump has reported no COVID-19 symptoms |
| 0:51.4 | since he was released from the hospital and returned to the White House. |
| 0:54.6 | And Trump tweeted, feeling great. |
| 0:56.8 | He also wrote that the coronavirus is less deadly than the flu, but both Twitter and Facebook |
| 1:01.4 | blocked that post, saying it had misleading and potentially harmful information. |
| 1:05.2 | The CDC data tells us the flu kills 12,000 to 61,000 people each year in the United States. |
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