1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: From the Newsroom, a news dot com Today, Trump's would 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: be assassin speaks from behind Bars. Several people detained in 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: Laos following that methanol poisoning and I'll tell you how 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: much Ariana Grande got paid to star in Wicked. That's 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: all coming up in this episode of From the Newsroom. 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, the twenty seventh of November. Alrighty, we'll start 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: in Laos. Eight staff members from a backpacker's hostel have 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: been detained after six tourists, including two Australian girls, died 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: from suspected methanol poisoning. The parents of Ozzi's Bianca Jones 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: and Holly Bows, returned home last night with their daughter's bodies. 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: We want to grieve. 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: We miss our daughters desperately. 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: I was happy to hear that there's been some movement 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: over in Lao to the Middle East. We're now very 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: close to a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon's HESBLA group. 16 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the deal to his cabinet and 17 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: urged them to accept it. More than three and a 18 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: half thousand people have been killed in Lebanon over the 19 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: last year, with sixteen thousand injured to the US Now. 20 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: The man accused of plotting to kill Donald Trump on 21 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: a golf course in September has pend a letter to 22 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: the media from prison. In it, Ryan Wesley Routh described 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: Trump as a dictator and urged the Biden administration to 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: an i quote limit all presidential power before Trump seizes 25 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: our country. Mister Routh has been charged with attempted assassination 26 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: of a presidential candidate, firearms offenses, and assaulting a Secret 27 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: Service officer, and faces a maximum penalty of life behind bars. 28 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: To showbiz, it's been revealed how much the stars of 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: Wicked got paid to appear in the film. According to 30 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: multiple outlets, Cynthia Arrivo was paid just one million dollars US, 31 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: with Michelle Yao and Jeff Goldblum getting two million dollars each. 32 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: But that is nothing compared to Ariana Grande's reported salary 33 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: of fifteen million bucks. How good would that be? In 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: music news, Glastonbury has announced who will play the ledge 35 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: slot at next year's festival. He's a clue, Yes, it's 36 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: seventy nine year old Rod Stewart Hill, in a statement, 37 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: said he is proud and ready and more than able 38 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: to pleasure and titilate the crowd to sport. Now, cyclist 39 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: Matthew Richardson, who won three medals for Australia at the 40 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: Paris Games, has been banned from representing Australia for life. 41 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: The decision by OZ Cycling comes after Richardson defected to 42 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: Great Britain after the Olympics. The twenty five year old, 43 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 1: who was born in the UK and moved to Australia 44 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: when he was nine, explained his decision to SBS over 45 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: the weekend. 46 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 2: When I started racing for Australia, it was always kind 47 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 2: of thought in my mind that I could actually be 48 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: racing for GB, so it kind of stuck with me 49 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: since then, and yeah, kind of midway through my career 50 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: now I figured now is probably a good time to 51 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: do it if I was going to do it, and 52 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 2: I just kind of thought I'd regret it for the 53 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 2: rest of my life if if I didn't give it 54 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 2: a crack and try and try and make the swap. 55 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 2: So yeah, here I am. 56 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: All right. 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