Friday, January 6th, 2022

Today's headlines: The House of Representatives is now 11 rounds deep into voting for the Speaker of the House. The South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks yesterday. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is now awake and has shown substantial improvement in the past 24 hours. Finally for this week, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that Peloton has agreed to pay a $19 million dollar fine for their failure to notify regulators of a known defect in their Tread+ machines. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: When the House needed two months and 133 votes to elect a speaker NY Times: House Adjourns Without a Speaker as McCarthy Offers Concessions AP News: South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban NPR: As Damar Hamlin shows 'substantial improvement,' Buffalo Bills will play Sunday NPR: Peloton agrees to pay a $19 million fine for delay in disclosing treadmill defects Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices