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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: AUGUST 19, 2026 · What You Need To Know

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  Speaker 1: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know Today.
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  Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, August nineteenth, twenty twenty six. Number one African
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  Speaker 1: American Republican Byron Donalds won his party's nomination for Florida
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  Speaker 1: governor Tuesday night, defeating several prominent rivals with the backing
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  Speaker 1: of President Trump and positioning himself as the expected favorite
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  Speaker 1: in November. If elected, Donalds would make history as the
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  Speaker 1: first black governor of any southern US state, and this
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  Speaker 1: while Democratic nominee David Jolly, a former Republican, faces a
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  Speaker 1: difficult path in the state where Republicans have dominated statewide
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  Speaker 1: elections four decades. Donalds focused his campaign on affordability, property taxes,
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  Speaker 1: and insurance costs, while also attacking Jolly over issues including
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  Speaker 1: transgender rights and other cultural issues. Number two law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: in Nevada and local community members are searching for a
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  Speaker 1: sixty three year old black woman, Elisa Goods, a New
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  Speaker 1: York grandmother, who vanished while visiting a friend in Las Vegas.
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  Speaker 1: As reported by CBS News, her family began receiving leaving
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  Speaker 1: unsettling text messages from her phone demanding bitcoin, cash and
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  Speaker 1: gas money, despite Goods not owning nor driving a vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department designated her disappearance as
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  Speaker 1: an active missing person case and urges anyone with information
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  Speaker 1: to contact investigators immediately. Number three, A major federal trial
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  Speaker 1: against Meta Platforms is underway in California as a bipartisan
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  Speaker 1: coalition of twenty nine state attorneys general challenge the company's
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  Speaker 1: youth safety practices. State prosecutors alleged that Facebook and Instagram
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  Speaker 1: intentionally incorporated addictive design features that exploit children's developmental vulnerabilities
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  Speaker 1: while improperly collecting data from underage users. The US District
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  Speaker 1: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will determine Meta's liability, which could
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  Speaker 1: lead to significant financial penalties and mandated structural changes to
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  Speaker 1: the social media platforms. Number five from the Good News File.
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  Speaker 1: Marking ten years since initiating his national anthem protests against
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  Speaker 1: police brutality, Colin Kaepernick announced a renewed one million dollar
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  Speaker 1: commitment to grassroots community organizations through his Know Your Rights Camp.
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  Speaker 1: The former NFL quarterback is launching a new wave of
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  Speaker 1: funding focused on youth empowerment, legal defense, and education. As
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  Speaker 1: reported by Blavity, the initial one hundred thousand dollars distribution
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  Speaker 1: will support local initiatives in New York, New Orleans, and Oakland.
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  Speaker 1: Number five Black America Know Year History. It was on
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  Speaker 1: August nineteenth, seventeen ninety one, that the self taught African
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  Speaker 1: American astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker sent a historic letter
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  Speaker 1: to then Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Mister Banneker directly
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  Speaker 1: challenged Jefferson's hypocrisy for holding enslaved people while drafting the
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  Speaker 1: Declaration of Independence pledge that all men are created equal
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  Speaker 1: according to History Archives, mister Banneker enclosed his handwritten astronomical
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  Speaker 1: almanac as definitive proof of Black intellectual and scientific achievement.
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  Speaker 1: Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. Every decision you
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  Speaker 1: make today has the power to shape your tomorrow. Well, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: choose wisely. I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed, be empowered,