Who Got Pardoned, Bloomberg's Debate Debut & Kickstarter Union - Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, February 19th, 2020!
What to know today about the high-profile convicts just let off the hook, Bloomberg's big debate debut tonight, and a landmark decision in India...
Plus: the first tech workers to unionize and the iconic castle getting a makeover.
Those stories and more -- in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Sources:
Trump Clemency Spree: CBS News, The HIll, FOX News, Washington Post, NYT
Bloomberg's Debate Debut: NYT, NBC News, CBS News
Top Court's Landmark Decision: CNN, BBC
NASCAR Crash Update: USA Today, CBS Sports
Space Tourism Deal: The Verge, Space.com, Engadget
Kickstarter Union: Mashable, NBC News
New Autonomous Shuttle: TechCrunch, The Verge
Match.com SOS Text: Engadget, Cnet
Disney Castle Gets Makeover: AP, Business Insider
Work Wednesday - CNBC, WSJ, NYT
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, February 19th. |
| 0:02.5 | What to know today about the high-profile people President Trump is letting off the hook. |
| 0:06.3 | Bloomberg's big debate debut tonight, |
| 0:08.8 | and a landmark decision in India. |
| 0:10.7 | Plus the first tech workers to unionize and the iconic castle getting a makeover. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:19.6 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:21.8 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much |
| 0:26.0 | for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:29.0 | President Trump is intervening in a bunch of old cases of white-collar crimes. |
| 0:36.5 | The New York Times reports Trump went on a clemency spree yesterday. |
| 0:40.3 | He pardoned seven people and shortened the prison sentences of four others. |
| 0:44.0 | One of the most well-known cases is that of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, |
| 0:48.5 | who was also a contestant on the old reality show with Trump, The Apprentice. |
| 0:52.6 | Blagojevich was found guilty of corruption. |
| 0:55.1 | While he was governor, he tried to sell President Obama's vacated Senate seat. |
| 1:00.0 | So Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. |
| 1:03.6 | He served 8. |
| 1:05.1 | President Trump says that was plenty. |
| 1:07.2 | So Trump commuted his sentence. |
| 1:09.1 | Meaning, Blagojevich is getting out of prison early. |
| 1:11.4 | In fact, CBS News reports he was released yesterday. |
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