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Thursday, August 8, 2019
1) From ABC News, I’m Daria Albinger. President Trump hit the
road to console the soul in chief, visiting Dayton, Ohio and El Paso,
Texas as they recover from two separate weekend mass shootings. The visit
happened without controversy. “Of course, we are angry now. Of course, we are
angry. Yes, I do, yah. Looking at the man talk to us, everybody frowns because
of racism.” President Trump was met by some protesters in El Paso, earlier in
Dayton. Protesters and supporters of the President came face to face. The
President says the people he met in Dayton were the finest anywhere but he also
takes the issue with some comments made by Democrats there. “Here’s what U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat,
had to say about the President’s visit with victims of the Dayton shooting in
the hospital staff. ‘__ __ __ __.’ ‘What did he say?’ ‘So he was comforting and
he did the right things. Melania did
the right things, and it’s his job in part to comfort people. I am glad he did
it in that hospital, those hospital rooms.’ But the President tweeting while he
was in El Paso that failed presidential candidate Sherrod Brown and Mayor Whaley totally misrepresenting what
took place inside the hospital, saying their news conference was a fraud. Ryan Burrow, ABC News, Dayton.” Despite
the political back and forth, the protester in El Paso reminds Americans that
it’s about the human loss, not the politics. “There were two shootings, one was
a far rightist. Another one in Dayton, Ohio, he’s a far leftist. I’m not gonna
blame the politicians on all done for it.” A recent Pew Research poll finds 85% of U.S. adults believe the tone and nature
of the political debate has become negative.
2)
Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez has been sworn in as
governor after the island’s high court ruled that Pedro Pierluisi‘s swearing-in last week was unconstitutional.
3)
Stocks made up for big drop early in the day on Wall Street, one point, the Dow
was down almost 600 points but it ended the day down just 22, S&P gained 2,
the NASDAQ ended up 29 points. You’re listening to ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network; with flash on Wall Street, the Dow finishing down
Wednesday but only fractionally after dropping nearly 600 points early on, the
S&P 500 and the NASDAQ both managing to finish higher. Trade tensions and worries
about interest rates are making investors jittery. // Disney says it will offer
a bundle of its three streaming services. It will include three Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. The new service will start in November and cost $13 a month.
// FedEx is putting the brakes on
its relationship with Amazon. The delivery giant says it will end its ground-shipping
deal with Amazon when their contract expires at the end of the month. The move comes
as Amazon bounced up its own logistics and delivery service. // Subway says it will test the Beyond Meatball Marinara sub in nearly
700 locations here in the U.S. and Canada. The new meatless Subway sandwich
will go on sale next month. With the Fox Business Report, I’m Ashely Webster.
