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#417: El Salvador President-Elect Outlines His 3 Steps to Destroy MS-13, Other Gangs

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🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Last month in El Salvador, a third-party outsider won in a landslide election, defeating his opponents, promising to crack down on corruption, to fight crime, and improve the economy. President-elect Nayib Bukele shares with us his thoughts on immigration, gangs, and how the U.S. and El Salvador can work together. We also cover these stories:•After dozens of countries suspended use of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, President Trump is following suit.•Neomi Rao has been confirmed by the Senate, and will now take Brett Kavanaugh's old seat on the D.C. Circuit Court.•Paul Manafort has now been sentenced to 7 years in prison.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, March 14th. I'm Kate Trinko.

0:09.3

And I'm Daniel Davis. Last month in El Salvador, a third party outsider won in a landslide election, defeating

0:16.0

his opponents, promising to crack down on corruption, to fight crime and improve the economy.

0:21.6

Oh, and also he's 37 years old. I sat down earlier with

0:25.1

president-elect naive bouquetle. We talked about immigration, gangs and how the

0:29.3

U.S. and El Salvador can work together. We'll bring you that exclusive interview. Plus a few of

0:34.8

our colleagues chime in on Captain Marvel. And before we get to our headlines just a

0:39.7

reminder that if you enjoy this podcast, please mention it to your friends and families,

0:44.5

please subscribe and please leave a five-star review on iTunes. We are here to make

0:49.7

sure that busy Conservatives can get the news highlights and in-depth interviews they need every day

0:55.1

and we'd love your help in spreading that word. Now, on to our top news. Well, after dozens of countries suspended use of the Boeing 737 Max 8, President Trump is now following suit.

1:13.4

On Wednesday, he announced the FAA would be grounding the plane in the wake of last weekend's

1:17.6

deadly crash in Ethiopia, which took the lives of 157 people.

1:22.2

That was the second time the plane model crashed in the last six months.

1:26.0

Here's the president making the announcement.

1:29.0

We're going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition to ground all flights of the 737 Max 8 and the 737 max 9 and planes associated with that line.

1:46.7

I've spoken to Elaine Chow, Secretary of Transportation,

1:50.0

Dan Elwell, acting administrator in the FAA, and to Dennis Mollenberg, CEO of Boeing,

1:58.0

and they'll be available shortly after our conference today.

2:05.0

They are all in agreement with the action.

2:07.6

Any plane currently in the air will go to its destination

2:10.5

and thereafter be grounded. The FAA was initially resistant to grounding the

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