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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns
It was pretty normal. And I think it was a reminder of how these sessions are supposed to go. It all in all took about 36 minutes. And if you contrast that to four years ago, very, very different. It's worth mentioning that certifying a US election where basically they just conclude the election results is, dare I say, a pretty straightforward, mundane event. It usually doesn't get any attention.
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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns
But because of this mob storming the Capitol four years ago, of course, all of that changed after Donald Trump encouraged them to march away. To the Capitol, he repeated his unproven claims that the 2020 election was riddled with massive voter fraud, that it was stolen from him. But this time round, it was different.
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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns
President Biden, Kamala Harris has given something to Donald Trump he never gave to them, the acknowledgement of an election victory and a peaceful transfer of power.
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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns
Well, we understand that loads of offer letters of employment are going out this week to political appointees in the new administration. His transition team has got this set goal of bringing on about 2,000 political appointees on January the 20th, day one of the administration. We're not far from that. But he hasn't reached that target as of yet.
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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns
And do bear in mind as well, his cabinet picks will need Senate confirmation hearings. And some of those picks are seen as hugely controversial. So it's going slowly, I think is the feeling.
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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns
Well, the weather actually stopped some members of Congress from attending the certification process today. I mean, you know, DC is very much in the middle of a
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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns
winter storm and it's created so many hazardous conditions for not just people here in dc but in other parts of america which have got it much worse and we're not quite sure exactly when it will end but it is expected to continue you know certainly into the midweek normia iqbal
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
Investigators are obviously starting to look into exactly why the Black Hawk and the passenger flight collided. I'm not able to get too close to the scene, but I can make out just across the way on the Potomac River what is happening. You can see the red flashes of the emergency crew that are there. Obviously, this is now a recovery operation, not a rescue one.
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
The plane is essentially in three parts sitting in waist-high frigid water. You can also see And some of the photos that are emerging, just the sort of the top of the chopper that is in the water as well. As you mentioned here, the main runaway here is the busiest in the country. It's thought to like handle 90 percent of the airport's flights due to the space.
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
And here it's quite normal, especially in D.C. You know, we're not far, as you mentioned, from D.C., to see civilian aircraft and military aircraft in the sky at the same time. But investigators are saying that there were no sort of unusual travel patterns here, that the American airline flight and the military helicopter were doing, you know, there was nothing unusual about their practices.
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
They have located the two aircraft. As I mentioned, the fuselage of American Airlines craft was inverted. It's located in three different sections, as I mentioned. But, yes, we're very much at the early stages in terms of finding out exactly what happened.
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
That's correct. There has been an update. There was Russian-Americans. There has been a statement from the Kremlin. Just to mention also the families of these people are inside the terminal. This flight was just minutes from landing on the runway and people were here waiting for that flight to arrive. I mean, it's just pretty unfathomable, the tragedy of it.
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
And they are, of course, waiting to find out exactly what's happened to their loved ones.
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
Donald Trump is already sort of speculating, I would say, about this. For the president, this is, I would say, one of the first big crises of his administration. And it's a new administration finding its feet. His transport secretary, Sean Duffy, was only sworn in yesterday. It's the first week for his new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, as well.
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US air crash: 64 feared dead
And so there will be pressure on the administration to get to the bottom of exactly what's happened.
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US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing
I think there's a lot of scepticism, certainly by Democrat senators, on the way Mr Kennedy seems to have done a U-turn. It's worth remembering that he has a pretty big following in this country because of his anti-vaccine views. And he says that news reports have me down as anti-vaccine.
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US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing
Well, the senators were saying to him, look, here's the transcript from podcasts, from shows that you've spoken on in which you've been anti-vaccine. So they really did bring evidence when they were questioning him. On the other side, you have Conservatives who aren't quite sure about him because they're suspicious in terms of his abortion stances.
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US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing
He was pro-abortion before, then he changed his mind on bats. And bear in mind, he did run to be a Democratic presidential candidate, but dropped out last year and fully endorsed Donald Trump. This is just one of two hearings he's facing.
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US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing
Oh, completely. You know, he could oversee a life and death corner of the federal government. He would be overseeing health care for millions and millions of Americans. And in fact, just to quote Senator Bennett, he said, unlike other jobs that we're confirming here, this one is about life and death. So this is why it's a really, really important. important hearing.
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US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing
And out of all the picks that Donald Trump has made for his cabinet, this is arguably the most controversial, provocative one due to the fact that Mr. Kennedy is seen as someone who has dabbled in conspiracy theories, someone who has flip-flopped on a lot of issues. And the key thing is, are there enough Republicans to go against him?
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US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing
If all the Democrats vote against RFK, it would only take four Republican senators to sink the nomination.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
Donald Trump said he wanted to end the Ukraine war. It was a big promise. He said he'd end it on day one. He hasn't done that. And he clearly thinks threatening to sanction Russia is a way of making it happen. So he has said the potential sanctions are likely.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
He also said to reporters on Tuesday that he had suggested to the Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing should help to get the conflict settled, that they've got a lot of power. Support for Ukraine is interesting. He was asked if he intends to cut that off. There are lots of Republicans that don't want to keep providing money and support to Ukraine. Trump didn't give a firm answer.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
He sort of said that European nations should be doing more since they're in closer proximity to the conflict. This is what Trump does. He announces a policy. Well, it's not that he's announced a policy on Russia, I should say, but then he says something else on his social media. So it's you kind of have to read between the lines. And you say, look, I'm not looking to hurt Russia.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
I love the Russian people. I've always had a good relationship with Putin. But clearly, Donald Trump thinks he has to sort of make these kind of threats, I guess, and his bluster may pay off. Let me just also add the U.S. already has steep tariffs on Russian metals and the Biden administration imposed sweeping sanctions to cripple the Russian economy.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
Yes. So this targets refugees and specifically this is going to impact refugees from Afghanistan. So there were about 1,660 who were previously cleared by the government to come to the U.S. And that included family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, unaccompanied minors flying to America to reunite with family.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
And then there were those who fought for the Afghan government that was backed by the U.S., taking huge risks to themselves. And, you know, in some ways, he's sort of mirroring actions from his first term where he signed that executive order barring people from Muslim-majority countries. And it is controversial.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
There'll be some Republicans who will be uncomfortable with it, especially for those Afghans who, as I mentioned, helped America. And if you compare it to the Biden administration, Joe Biden, you know, he... Approximately 200,000 Afghans were brought to the US following the US troops' withdrawal from the capital. But this is what Trump... He promised to be tough on immigration.
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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions
He promised to implement this. And he would argue, I'm living up to that promise.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
Walking onto stage at the Capitol Arena, Donald Trump was where he wants to be, ready to reclaim power.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
As always, his bombastic style pleased the tens of thousands of people inside. We're outside the arena where Donald Trump was inside holding his rally. Tens of thousands of people came here. Not everyone could get in and so many people were just queuing outside. They were very, very excited just to be here, to see Donald Trump return to power.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
Samantha Drake from Missouri is wheeling a cart of Trump hats, buttons, scarves and badges.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
This overall is a very happy Trump crowd, unlike four years ago. A mob loyal to Mr Trump broke into the Capitol in support of his false claims the 2020 election was stolen. He's promised to pardon those convicted. Other big promises include carrying out mass deportations and ending global wars.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
The freezing weather has forced Donald Trump's inauguration to now take place inside the Capitol, the first time that's happened in 25 years. So he won't get the crowds he loves to see, but he does plan to hold another rally. This year marks 10 years since Donald Trump first announced his run for the White House. And his return underlines what once seemed impossible.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
Donald Trump has dominated American politics and will continue to for the next four years.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
It's almost back to business here at the airport. There have been so many planes flying in the skies. But if you're a passenger on that plane and you look out the window, you will still see the Black Hawk and the airliner half submerged in the icy waters of the River Potomac. The recovery operation is still very much underway behind me.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
Now, the National Transportation Safety Board has said that it's investigating multiple factors. It's confirmed that they have not recovered the flight data, also known as the black boxes. They plan to issue a preliminary report in around about 30 days, but they have said it will take some time because there's so much information that they have to verify.
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Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash
And even though President Trump seems to have prejudged the investigation, saying what he thinks caused it, the Safety Board says it's refusing to speculate.