4.6 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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0:00.0 | Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet. |
0:07.0 | She's now a trained technician. |
0:10.0 | And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair, reminds her of how far she's come. |
0:18.0 | In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills. |
0:24.2 | That's up to £8,000 for education and training at Amazon. |
0:28.4 | Eligibility conditions apply. |
0:30.4 | This week is the White House Correspondents dinner, and if I'm being honest, I didn't have any plans to attend. |
0:37.3 | I mean, I've gone in the past, but I'm not a member of the White House Correspondents Association. |
0:42.3 | And usually this event is about kind of filling tables for the organization's fundraiser for journalism students. |
0:49.3 | Needless to say, with the decision to cancel the traditional comedy roast from the program, |
0:55.1 | the vibes are off. |
0:59.0 | Amber following the tradition of Craig from Friday, was fired on her day off. |
1:04.6 | That's Roy Wood Jr. |
1:05.8 | He's host of the CNN Comedy Show, Have I Got News for You, |
1:08.8 | and a one-time WHCD headliner himself. |
1:12.7 | He was talking with his co-star Amber Ruffin about the controversy. |
1:16.7 | Basically, the deputy chief of staff at the White House had complained publicly about Amber Ruffin, |
1:22.5 | who was the choice to headline the event. |
1:25.4 | Soon after, the White House Correspondents Association dropped her, saying they did not want the focus of the dinner to be the politics of division. |
1:35.0 | She was uninvited from the White House Correspondence dinner when she said that she intended to make fun of the current administration. |
1:42.4 | Amber, do you think you lost the gig |
1:44.4 | because you said too early |
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