Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today starts with an update on the subway shooting in Brooklyn, along with a story about new rules that ban the sale of ghost guns. President Biden used the term genocide to describe Putin’s invasion of Ukraine for the first time since the war began. Meanwhile, Zelensky has offered an exchange of prisoners between the two countries. Then we hear about a challenge to the recently passed Alabama law banning doctors from treating trans youth under age 19. Next, one state is moving to ban abortion altogether, while another state expands access and funding. The White House is taking steps to reduce the cost of federal home loans for Americans who are in medical debt. Finally, a surprising story about a congressman moonlighting as a pilot on the side. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: CBS News: 10 people shot in subway in Brooklyn, New York; police identify person of interest BBC: Biden sets rule banning sale of untraceable DIY 'ghost gun' kits NBC News: Biden says Russia is committing ‘genocide’ in Ukraine AL.com: Families of trans Alabama teens, doctors sue to stop new law AP: Oklahoma governor signs bill to make abortion illegal NPR: Maryland lawmakers expand who can perform abortions after overriding governor's veto Bloomberg: White House Plans to Blunt Medical Debts for Veterans and Home Borrowers Politico: Kai Kahele is still a pilot on "occasional flights" for Hawaiian Airlines while a member of Congress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, April 13th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:08.3	by Betches Media.
0:09.8	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Credit Karma.
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0:22.8	Yesterday morning, 16 people were injured during a shooting inside a subway station in Brooklyn.
0:28.4	The suspect detonated a smoke bomb while wearing a gas mask, an open fire inside a subway
0:33.5	car as it pulled into the station, which is now my nightmare fuel.
0:37.8	As of this recording on Tuesday night at 10pm Eastern time, there was a person of interest
0:42.3	identified in the case, but no one in custody, and they did not name the suspect.
0:47.8	In response to the incident, New York City Mayor Eric Adams pledged to double the number
0:51.9	of police officers in the city's subway system, because all the ones who were there at
0:55.8	the time were super helpful, right?
0:58.4	This subway shooting comes just a day after President Biden announced new rules that
1:02.5	ban the sale of ghost guns, which are kits that can be used to create a gun at home without
1:07.4	traceable serial numbers.
1:09.2	They can be self-assembled and do not require a background check to purchase.
1:13.2	Not that those are a thing in half the country anyway.
1:16.1	The new rules will require self-assembled guns to have traceable serial numbers, and will
1:20.8	force federally licensed firearm dealers to add serial numbers to any untraceable guns
1:25.9	purchased through them.
1:27.2	So what I'm hearing is that these guns are not going to be that much harder to get,
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