Episode Details

Today's headlines: 7 people are dead after an incident in Half Moon Bay on Monday; in Oakland California, 1 person was shot dead and 7 others were injured. A lawyer for former Vice President Pence found a small number of classified documents at Pence’s home in Indiana. An appearance by George Santos on a Brazilian podcast from December 2022 has surfaced, where he claims (in Portuguese), that he was the target of an “assassination attempt” the prior year. Kevin McCarthy has stated that “I will never leave that woman, I will always take care of her" in regards to Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday sparked by the Taylor Swift Eras Tour ticket fiasco. Finally for today, A 30-year-old Wharton graduate named Charlie Javice is being sued by JP Morgan Chase who claimed that she engaged in an elaborate fraud scheme.

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• CBS: Update: 'Workplace violence' fueled employee's Half Moon Bay mass killing spree
• NBC: 1 killed and 7 injured in shooting in Oakland, California
• CNN: First on CNN: Classified documents found at Pence’s Indiana home
• MSNBC: Exclusive: Rep. Santos describes assassination attempt, mugging in new video
• NY Times: How Kevin McCarthy Forged an Ironclad Bond With Marjorie Taylor Greene
• NY Times: Ticketmaster Hearing Takeaways: After Taylor Swift Debacle, Some Senators Call Live Nation a ‘Monopoly’
• NY Times: How Charlie Javice Got JPMorgan to Pay $175 Million for … What Exactly?

Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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