and some of the most extreme far right members of the gop will have real power in the house thanks to kevin mccarthy s desperate deal making to become speaker. and also ahead, another tragic scene in ukraine. we ll have the latest on a deadly helicopter crash outside kyiv. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in washington where the white house is making efforts to tamp down criticism about a perceived lack of transparency in the classified documents case involving president biden. in a phone call with reporters yesterday, a spokesman and senior adviser fielded questions. and both republican and democratic lawmakers have called on the white house to explain why it took until this month to inform the public that classified material had been found at the penn biden center in washington, d.c. and the documents were discovered back in early november. when asked yesterd
i endorsed ron, and ron, instead of dropping out of the race went to ahead of the race by a lot. i think up to 71 or something like that. in one night. i got him elected. pure and simple. now i hear he might want to run against me so we ll handle that the way i handle things. oh, here we go. we ll handle that the way i handle things. which sounds like a mob threat. actually, when you look how he handles things. lately just losing. it s losing. former president trump with what sounded like a threat in talking about a potential 2024 matchup against florida governor ron desantis. and for running against him. and conservative unusual group helped him win the white house back in 2016. who could have saw this coming? already attacked the pro lifer, now evangelicals? and real power in the house thanks to kevin mccarthy s desperate dealmaking to become speaker. reminds me of an expression we heard in the south pacific during the war. by the way, we came back aft
the caliber out at this second, just because it is it may hinder what we are trying to do. and again, our priority is we have to get this guy in custody. and that is exactly what we plan to do. [inaudible] not a detail at this time, other than what i described earlier. he the suspect watched in, armed, and he wasof individuals. you are telling people that it is safe to attend chinese new year events in this area? yes. and if that changes for any reason, we will immediately notify our community through all of you. at this point, can you say anything about the weapon that was used in alejandra, was that a long rifle, was it an ar, what was it? it was not an assault rifle. thank you. sir, regarding the events yesterday, there were thousands of people. i wonder if they re any safety measures in place for that happening and the screening of the weapons, what are we doing before that happens? are you speaking about the lunar new year event? were you there yesterday?
Just before noon he signed an Executive Order formally withdrawing the us from the tra ns pacific partnership. It was a Campaign Promise and a key tenet of his pledge to deglobalise, putting in his words, America First. Our diplomatic editor, mark urban, looks at what trumps first day tells us about a new direction for america. Back to work on a blowy, rainy morning for the people of this city. For the new president , after a weekend of political bluster, a day to demonstrate that the Wind Of Change you porters bluster, a day to demonstrate that the Wind Of Change supporters had voted for had hit the white house. First one is withdrawals from the of the United States from the Trans Pacific partnership. Everyone knows what that means, right . Weve been talking about this for a long time. Mr trump signed three Executive Orders today, stopping a pacific trade deal, freezing governmentjob recruitment, and halting funding for abortion education overseas. That follows an earlier order to hob
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