U.S. Border Battle; Iran Mystery Blast; Samsung’s New AI Phone; The Boy Who Beat Tetris– Mo News Rundown

Jan 4, 2024

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A daily non-partisan, conversational breakdown of today’s top news and breaking news stories.

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Headlines:

– Speaker Johnson, GOP Visit Border to Pressure Biden, Democrats On Immigration Deal (03:45)

– More Than 100 killed In Iran Blasts At Event Marking General’s Death (13:55)

– US National Debt Hits Record $34 Trillion (22:00)

– Bomb Threats Hit State Capitols (25:55)

– Imam Dies After Shooting Outside Mosque In Newark– No Indication It’s Motivated By Hate (26:45)

– Samsung To Announce New Phones ‘Powered by AI’ On Jan. 17 (27:50)

– NBC Taps Snoop Dogg for Primetime Paris Olympics Show (31:05)

– A 13 Year Old Boy Is Believed To Be The First To ‘Beat’ Tetris (35:35)

– On This Day In History (38:50)

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Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award- winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

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