1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Monday, 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: the fifteenth of February, and we are both delighted and 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: terrified to be here with you. My name is Sam Kozlowski. 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: Helping me make sense of today's news is Zara Sidler. 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 2: In the time it takes to drink your morning coffee, 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 2: will bring you up to speed on the top five 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 2: stories you need to know, and a deep dive into 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: the key story of the day, where your morning shot 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: of information so that you're prepped for that awkward lift, 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: chat with a boss or hot date tonight. Now, without 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: self promotion out of the way, let's dive into today's 12 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 2: daily digest. 13 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: In the news today, Trump escapes impeachment. 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: COVID updates for New South Wales, Victoria and. 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: New Zealand, and some good news about clean energy. President 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: Biden has responded to the US Senate's acquittal of former 17 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump, reminding Americans in a written statement that 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: democracy is fragile. The Senate failed to reach the sixty 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: seven votes necessary to convict Trump on charges of high 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: crimes and misdemeanors, with a final vote of fifty seven 21 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: to forty three, acquitting Trump. 22 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 2: Victoria recorded two new local cases linked to the holiday 23 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 2: in yesterday, on day two of a five day lockdown. Meanwhile, 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 2: New South Wales has hit twenty eight days of no 25 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,279 Speaker 2: new locally acquired COVID nineteen cases. This is the first 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: time New South Wales has gone twenty eight days without 27 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: a new locally acquired case since the beginning of the pandemic. 28 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: Yesterday, New Zealand reported three new locally acquired COVID nineteen cases, 29 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: the first in the country since late January. Prime minist 30 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: Citizens Are Done yesterday announced a three day lockdown in Auckland. 31 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: Authorities don't know how the couple and their teenage daughter 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: contracted the virus, and guenomic sequencing is now underway to 33 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: determine if the family has been infected with one of 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: the more transmissible overseas variants. 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: According to the ABS, Australians bought fifteen point six billion 36 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: dollars worth of alcohol in a new record. Australians purchased 37 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: twenty six percent more alcohol in twenty twenty than in 38 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, with December being the highest grossing month in 39 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 2: Australian history. 40 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: And today's good News, a global study into electricity services 41 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: by Oxford University has found the price of solar electricity 42 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 1: has dropped eighty nine percent in the last ten years. 43 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: In the same time period, the cost of coal electricity 44 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: has dropped just two percent. 45 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: So, Sam, can we just go a bit slower on 46 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: the Trump story? Wasn't he impeached last month? What does 47 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: this all mean now that he's been acquitted? So back 48 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 2: in mid jan the House of Representatives voted to impeach 49 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: Donald Trump over his role in the January sixth Capitol 50 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 2: Hill Rights. Basically, what the House did here was charge Trump. 51 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: It then goes to trial in the Senate, and then 52 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: it's up to the Senate to vote on whether the 53 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: President should be convicted or not. Think about it like this. 54 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: If you're at school and did something naughty, you got 55 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: a detention slip from a teacher. The House of Representatives 56 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: gave Trump attention, just like you got sent to the principal. 57 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: Trump's case got sent to the Senate, and the Senate 58 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: yesterday led him off the hook. 59 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: So what does this actually mean for Trump? 60 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: Importantly, it means Donald Trump will be able to run 61 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: for the White House again in twenty twenty four. Trump 62 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: has previously expressed his desire to do so. There's one 63 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: other curveball though. Trump could still be charged with a 64 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: criminal offense for his role in the riot, just like 65 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: any other American, but that will probably need Joe Biden's support. 66 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: And look, Biden's been pretty quiet throughout the impeachment and 67 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: Senate trial. As we said at the top, he released 68 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 2: a short statement in response to the Senate's decision yesterday, 69 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: but he's been very deliberate in his messaging to not 70 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: focus on the trial, fearing it would distract from the 71 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: COVID nineteen response and the economic crisis. That's all for today. 72 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 2: We'll chat to you again tomorrow, but in the meantime, 73 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 2: don't forget to catch up on the day's news on 74 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: Instagram at the Daily Os. It's where eighty thousand Astra 75 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 2: alliens get their news throughout the day, and we'd love 76 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: you to become part of the tribe.