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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Six of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees face confirmation hearings today.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
NPR political correspondent Susan Davis joins us now to discuss. Hey, Sue. Hey, Leila. So before we get into hearings that are ahead today, what were the big takeaways from yesterday's hearing with Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
It's interesting because he's seen as... Among the more controversial Trump picks, given his past comments on things like women serving in combat and the allegation of sexual assault, which he's denied. What did his hearing show about the path to confirmation for Trump's nominees? Will they be easy, as Senator Barrasso is calling for?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
OK, and which nominees could get a little more pushback from senators?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Now, it's rare for the Senate to not confirm presidential picks. Do you expect all these nominees to get a green light in the end?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
And anti-corruption authorities have arrested South Korea's president. Officials say President Yoon Song-yol is being detained for questioning the historic arrest of a sitting president come six weeks after Yoon's failed attempt to declare martial law. Stay with us. We've got the news. You need to start your day. Bye.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
That's NPR political correspondent Susan Davis. Thank you so much. You're welcome. The winds that stoked two massive wildfires in Los Angeles last week have been calmer since yesterday.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Good morning, Martin.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
So does it look like Los Angeles is catching a break here?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
And what about the neighborhoods that have already burned? Are those areas still off limits?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
is looting something that's happening?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Okay, so assuming Los Angeles gets through today's red flag warning without major new fires, what's in store for the next few days?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
South Korean police today arrested the country's impeached president, Yoon Sang-yeol, after a standoff with his security detail.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
NPR's Anthony Kuhn was outside the president's residence this morning, and he joins me now from Seoul. Hi, Anthony.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
So what's happening at the president's home?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
That's good to hear. You were talking to protesters out there. What'd they say?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
I was really worried about that situation. I was worried that I might get shot.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
You know, we mentioned how unprecedented this is, and police did attempt to arrest Yoon before, but his security detail blocked them. What was different this time?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Wow, that's quite dramatic. What's the political significance of this arrest?
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
NPR's Anthony Kuhn in Seoul. Thank you so much, Anthony.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
And that's Up First for Wednesday, January 15th. I'm Layla Faldin.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Rylan Barton, Jason Breslow, Gigi Dubon, Ali Schweitzer, and Lisa Thompson. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, Iman Mahani, and Lily Quiroz. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Stacey Abbott. Join us again tomorrow. We'll be right back.