Wednesday, June 21st, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: The submersible owned by OceanGate Expeditions called Titan, has not been found and is expected to run out of oxygen soon. Concerns about the safety of the submersible were raised in a whistleblower lawsuit in 2018 and in a letter from experts in the industry. Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to failing to pay income taxes and unlawfully owning a firearm. The trial of Donald Trump for his handling of classified documents is set to start on August 14th, but delays are expected. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, aiming to stabilize the diplomatic relationship between the US and China. However, China is negotiating with Cuba to establish a joint military training facility, and there have been concerns about Chinese spying and cyberattacks. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: AP News: Titan submersible: What it is, what might have gone wrong and what’s being done to find it The New Republic: Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To NY Times: OceanGate Was Warned of Potential for ‘Catastrophic’ Problems With Titanic Mission Reuters: Hunter Biden to plead guilty to tax crimes, reaches deal on gun charge AXIOS: Judge sets August trial date for Trump documents case AP News: Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize deteriorated US-China ties, but China rebuffs the main US request Wall Street Journal: Beijing Plans a New Training Facility in Cuba, Raising Prospect of Chinese Troops on America’s Doorstep NBC News: China has been spying on the U.S. from Cuba for years, Biden administration official says AP News: Chinese spies breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, June 21st, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.0	by Betcha's Media.
0:07.6	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:11.4	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.2	show there is.
0:17.5	Our government.
0:21.7	We have some major stories today, so naturally, let's start with the one that began in 1912.
0:27.6	With an update on the five missing people who ventured to explore the Titanic wreckage.
0:32.4	As of this recording at 9.30pm, Eastern Time on Tuesday night, the submersible, which
0:37.8	I'm mistakenly referred to as a submarine yesterday, has still not been found, and is
0:43.2	expected to run out of its oxygen supply by tomorrow morning.
0:47.2	The U.S. Coast Guard has been leading the search for the vessel since it lost contact
0:50.8	with its operator Ocean Gate Expeditions on Sunday morning, approximately two hours
0:55.7	after it was launched.
0:57.8	Now we have to discuss this Ocean Gate Expeditions, which owns the submersible, affectionately known
1:03.2	as Titan.
1:04.9	They sell deep sea expeditions to people who are scientists, or who have $250,000 to spend
1:10.8	on being where the people aren't.
1:13.0	For good reason.
1:14.4	If you think this sounds like a bad idea, you are hardly alone.
1:17.6	According to court documents, Ocean Gate's former director of marine operations, and
1:22.3	the submersible pilot himself, filed a whistleblower lawsuit in 2018 regarding the safety of Titan.
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