These are the headlines you Need 2 Know. * **Super Bowl:** The New England Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams,13-3, in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history. The game was a battle of defenses and a bit of a slog, but Brady and the Patriots eked out the win ー their sixth title in 18 years. Julian Edelman had 10 catches for 141 yards and was named Super Bowl MVP. Read more [here](https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/patriots/2019/02/03/shaughnessy/pRgzkM79Ml7XWXS3UNoh2I/story.html?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Halftime Show:** Maroon 5, led by a shirtless Adam Levine, rapper Travis Scott and Outkast’s Big Boi took the stage for the halftime show that generated mostly pans online. Before the game, Gladys Knight performed a rousing National Anthem while Beyonce proteges Chloe x Halle sang America the Beautiful. Read more [here](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2819148-super-bowl-halftime-show-2019-twitter-rips-maroon-5-travis-scott-performance?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **The Ads:** Robots and existential dread seemed to be the commercial themes this year. Brands mostly played it safe, with Bud Light’s Game of Thrones tie-up among the more well received. Here’s a look at the best and worst commercials: Read more [here](https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/super-bowl/8496233/super-bowl-2019-commercials-best-worst?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Virginia Gov:** Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is reportedly considering resigning after his medical school yearbook emerged showing two people, one in blackface, and one in a KKK robe posing in a photo on his page. Northam, a Democrat, held a press conference over the weekend in which he said he wasn’t one of the people in the photo, but admitted to once dressing in blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume. National and state politicians from both parties have called on Northam to resign. Read more [here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/pressure-mounts-for-northam-to-resign-as-allies-press-him-on-national-tv/2019/02/03/572f4538-27c1-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html?utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Need%202%20Know&utm_term=.9de8e544416e). * **The President’s Schedule:** A White House source leaked President Trump's private schedule for the past three months to Axios. The schedules show that Trump spends the first five hours of the day ー or 60 percent of his time ー in unstructured "Executive Time." Here's an hour-by-hour look: See the schedules [here](https://www.axios.com/read-trumps-private-leaked-executive-time-schedules-00e9313a-3066-4988-a6dc-711a47de661e.html?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Troops to Border:** The Pentagon says approximately 3,750 additional troops are heading to the U.S. ー Mexican border in support of Customs and Border Protection. The deployment is expected in the middle of this month. Read more [here](https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/pentagon-confirms-3750-additional-troops-heading-us-mexico/story?id=60817749). * **Venezuela: Who’s in Charge?:** The U.S. is sending ‘humanitarian aid’ ー including food and medicine ー to Venezuela at the request of opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who declared himself interim president last month in a move supported by the U.S. Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Caracas over the weekend, in support of both President Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó. President Trump says military aid is “an option.” Read more [here](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47109380?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Plane Crash:** Five people were killed when a small plane crashed into a California home. A neighbor says “it felt like a bomb went off.” Four adults in the Yorba Linda home were killed, as well as the pilot, the sole person on the plane. Read more [here](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-plane-into-house-yorba-linda-20190203-story.html?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Pope Abroad:** Pope Francis is in the UAE, becoming the first pontiff to visit the Arabian Peninsula. He arrived hours after condemning the war in Yemen ー which the UAE is involved in ー urging those on all sides to come up with a peace deal and find a solution to help the hungry. Read more [here](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-emirates/pope-arrives-in-uae-for-historic-gulf-visit-condemns-yemen-war-idUSKCN1PS0CU?il=0&utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Tech:** Crypto exchange QuadrigaCX says it can’t repay nearly $190 million to clients after the company’s founder died unexpectedly with the only password to access the stored funds. Read more [here](https://gizmodo.com/crypto-exchange-says-it-cant-repay-190-million-to-clie-1832309454?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Rapper Arrested:** Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was arrested by ICE in a “targeted operation” on charges of overstaying his UK visa. He now faces deportation. Read more [here](https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-ice-arrests-rapper-savage-says-actually-british-and-overstayed-visa/HgORJxcJCckHjlMdzlqwKM/?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **Spotted:** Kate Beckinsale holding hands with SNL comedian Pete Davidson early Saturday morning in Los Angeles, after his stand-up show. See the pic [here](https://www.eonline.com/news/1011002/pete-davidson-and-kate-beckinsale-reunite-and-show-pda-after-comedy-show?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). * **American Pie:** It’s been 60 years since Buddy Holly, J.P. ‘the Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens died in an Iowa plane crash ー the crash referenced by Don McLean, when he wrote ‘the day the music died’ in American Pie. In a new interview, McLean says the song ISN’T about Buddy Holly ー rather, it’s about America. Read more [here](https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/02/01/buddy-holly-don-mclean-interview-american-pie-the-day-the-music-died-surf-ballroom-song-explained/2720085002/?utm_source=Need+2+Know&utm_campaign=06a654bf23-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_4_2019_7_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f672225d-06a654bf23-316045885). Cheddar's Hena Doba and Jill Wagner get into the latest. Subscribe to the Need 2 Know newsletter [here](https://theneed2know.com).

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