Wednesday, August 9, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 9 August 2023
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Wednesday briefing: Ohio Issue 1 results; ‘ghost gun’ ruling; Montgomery brawl; Tory Lanez; EG.5 coronavirus subvariant; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Charges were filed after a viral Riverside brawl. |
| 0:05.0 | There's a billion dollar jackpot winner and Ohio voters took a big step toward |
| 0:10.0 | guaranteeing abortion rights. |
| 0:12.0 | Ohio, we did it! guaranteeing abortion rights. That's some of what we'll get to on the 7th from the Washington Post. |
| 0:19.5 | I'm Jeff Pierre. |
| 0:20.5 | It's Wednesday, August 9th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:25.0 | Number one, Ohio voted against making it more difficult to amend the state constitution, but the vote was really about abortion rights. |
| 0:37.0 | Yesterday, voters decided on issue one. The measure would have raised the threshold for amending the state constitution from a simple majority to 60 percent. |
| 0:45.9 | But with about 98 percent of votes counted so far, 57 percent had voted against the proposal. The Mayor of Columbus, Andrew Ginther, spoke about the vote yesterday. |
| 0:56.2 | Proud of Ohio, proud of Ohioans who believe in majority rule in one person, one vote. |
| 1:02.2 | It's worked well for this state for |
| 1:04.1 | 111 years and the people came out and sent a very strong message to an extremist |
| 1:09.6 | supermajority in the legislature. This was a victory for abortion rights supporters. |
| 1:15.0 | Ohio vote on guaranteeing abortion rights in November, |
| 1:18.0 | and issue one would have made that a lot harder to pass. Number two, the Supreme Court reinstated restrictions on ghost guns. |
| 1:30.6 | Ghost guns are firearms that can be bought online in parts. |
| 1:34.0 | You don't need a background check, and the guns don't have serial numbers. |
| 1:37.8 | They've been used in deadly shootings nationwide, |
| 1:40.0 | and they're increasingly popular with teenagers. |
| 1:42.9 | Yesterday, the court voted 5 to 4 |
| 1:45.6 | to allow the Biden administration's regulations |
| 1:48.0 | to remain in place while legal battles continue. |
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