Green New Deal, Amazon Blackmail & Grammys – Friday, February 8th, 2019

The news to know for Friday, February 8th, 2019!

Today, what to know about the heated testimony expected at the Capitol today, and the latest about the Green New Deal.

Plus, Ford’s big investment, who allegedly blackmailed Amazon’s CEO and why scientists are altering DNA. 

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.

You can also go to http://www.theNewsWorthy.com to see story sources and links in the section titled ‘Episodes’ or see below…

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Sources: 

 

Whitaker Testifies: The Hill, Vox, CBS News, WSJ

 

Green New Deal: ABC News, Reuters, FOX News

 

More Cold Weather: AccuWeather, USA Today

 

Ford Investment:  NBC News

 

Bank Merger: BusinessInsider, CNN

 

Editing Genes?: Washington Post

 

Facebook Data Collection: NYT, CNN

 

Amazon Self-Driving Car WIRED, CNBC

 

Woody Allen Sues Amazon: Variety, TechCrunch

Amazon Blackmail: WSJ

 

Gucci Blackface Sweater: AP News

Adidas Criticism: Quartz

 

Grammys Sunday: VOX