☀ October 1: Government shutdown averted, US airline furloughs and disinfecting fog
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Good morning! It’s Thursday, October 1, 2020. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:
1️⃣📝 Shutdown averted: Pres. Trump signs bill to fund government through December 11
2️⃣✈ American, United Airlines to furlough 32,000 workers without federal bailout agreement
3️⃣🌎 Trump proposes record-low refugee admissions to US
4️⃣🚨 Chrissy Teigen, John Legend announce death of newborn baby
📱 [Trending] this morning
Pennsylvania school district uses fog machine to disinfect classrooms
A public school district in Pennsylvania is the first in the country to use a special fog machine to disinfect classrooms.
📅 What we’re watching
🔴 SpaceX plans to launch a rocket carrying the next batch of Starlink satellites for its internet satellite constellation system on Thursday. The Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at around 9 a.m. ET.
🔴 House speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold her weekly press conference Thursday at around 10:45 a.m. ET.
🔴 President Donald Trump is traveling to New Jersey this afternoon. He’s hosting a roundtable with supporters at around 3 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence is campaigning in Iowa at around 1 p.m. ET. Joe Biden will be campaigning virtually Thursday.
💻📲 We’ll bring you 🔴 LIVE news updates throughout the day on the NewsNation Now app and NewsNationNow.com.
📺 Watch NewsNation tonight at 8/7 (CT) on WGN America.
