Feb. 18, 2025

Delta Plane Crashes In Toronto; US-Russia Summit; German Election Preview; The Fake IDs Stumping Bouncers

Delta Plane Crashes In Toronto; US-Russia Summit; German Election Preview; The Fake IDs Stumping Bouncers

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Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (00:00)

– Russia, U.S. Officials Meet In Saudi Arabia For Talks; Ukraine, Europeans Hold Dueling Summit (04:50)

– What is AfD? Breaking Down German Election And Controversial Far Right Party (13:30)

– Delta Flight Crashes, Flips Upside Down In Toronto (24:20)

– Deadly Multi-State Floods Across Southeast As Rivers Rise And Rescues Continue (27:45)

– First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court (29:30)

– Musk’s DOGE Seeks Access To Personal Taxpayer Data, Raising Alarm At IRS (35:10)

– Federal Judge Leans Toward Ruling For Musk, DOGE (36:20)

– A New Generation of ‘Unbeatable’ Fake IDs Is Bedeviling Bouncers (37:50)

– On This Day (41:10)


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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