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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: AUGUST 13, 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: Its Thursday, August thirteen, two thousand, twenty six. Number one
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  Speaker 1: Democratic voters across recent primary elections are sending a clear
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  Speaker 1: message that they favor political turnover and fresh leadership over
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  Speaker 1: establishment backing. Progressive candidates secured major Senate primary victories in
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  Speaker 1: Michigan and Minnesota over party backed rivals, while Connecticut primary
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  Speaker 1: ousted one of Congress's longest serving members, and Wisconsin voters
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  Speaker 1: narrowly rejected a Democratic socialist but still chose forty year
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  Speaker 1: old county executive David Crowley, who was seeking to become
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  Speaker 1: that state's first black governor. Number two business executive Josh
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  Speaker 1: Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Eiger reportedly reached an
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  Speaker 1: agreement with Mark Walter to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers
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  Speaker 1: for twelve billion dollars. The high profile transaction, involving the
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  Speaker 1: younger brother of Trump in law Jared comes just one
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  Speaker 1: year after Walter acquired the franchise for ten billion dollars
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  Speaker 1: and coincided with ongoing federal regulatory inquiries into his private
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  Speaker 1: credit deals questions regarding potential administration involvements around the prospective
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  Speaker 1: deal following Walter's recent visit to the White House. Number three,
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  Speaker 1: Serious delinquency rates among federal student loan borrowers dropped to
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  Speaker 1: seven point eight percent in the second quarter, down significantly
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  Speaker 1: from nearly twelve point nine percent a year earlier. According
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  Speaker 1: to credit data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
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  Speaker 1: student loans showed marked improvement, while auto loan and credit
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  Speaker 1: card delinquencies continued to rise. Total US household debt experience
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  Speaker 1: a modest thirteen billion dollar quarterly decline, with housing obligations
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  Speaker 1: continuing to make up nearly three quarters of all consumer debt.
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  Speaker 1: Number four from the Good News File. Olympic medalist African
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  Speaker 1: American gymnast Frederick Richard captured his first senior US National
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  Speaker 1: all around gymnastics title following a dominant two day performance
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  Speaker 1: in Phoenix. The twenty two year old Michigan f finished
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  Speaker 1: comfortably ahead of runner up Shane Whiskers with an impressive
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  Speaker 1: total score of just over one hundred and seventy points.
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  Speaker 1: This milestone victory officially secures Richard Spott leading the American
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  Speaker 1: team at the World Gymnastics Championships this October. Number five
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  Speaker 1: Black America, Know Your History. August thirteenth, that's today, marks
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  Speaker 1: the anniversary of the founding of Baltimore's historic Afro American
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  Speaker 1: newspaper in eighteen ninety two, Formerly enslaved printmaker John H.
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  Speaker 1: Murphy Senior, merged several church publications to establish the paper,
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  Speaker 1: transforming it into a major national voice for civil rights.
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  Speaker 1: For over a century, this family owned enterprise provided essential coverage,
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  Speaker 1: professional opportunities, and community advocacy for African Americans nationwide. Happy
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  Speaker 1: anniversary and thank you. Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's jewels.
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  Speaker 1: Making wise decisions empowers you to choose forgiveness over resembs
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  Speaker 1: meant hope over fear, and courage over doubt. All right,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed, be empowered.