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CNN 5 Things

9 AM ET: Ceasefire optimism, Trump’s pardons confusion, teenage chess champion & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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US officials say they’re cautiously optimistic they can get Israel and Hamas to agree to a hostage and ceasefire deal in the next month. It’s not clear how President-elect Donald Trump will be able to follow through on pardons he has promised. A woman’s been charged with threatening a health insurance company. Women are taking on two of the world’s most valuable mining companies. Plus, an 18-year-old just became the world chess champion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, December 13th.

0:38.5

U.S. officials say they're cautiously optimistic they can secure a hostage and ceasefire deal

0:44.0

in Gaza in the remaining weeks of the Biden administration.

0:48.3

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says he discussed Gaza with Turkey's president and foreign

0:53.3

minister during their meeting in the Turkish capital today. We discussed Gaza with Turkey's president and foreign minister during their meeting in the

0:55.2

Turkish capital today.

0:57.1

We discussed Gaza, and we discussed, I think, the opportunity to finally try to complete

1:04.0

the hostage ceasefire agreement, to get the hostages home, to get a ceasefire in place.

1:10.1

And yesterday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Israel's

1:14.6

Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and top Israeli officials.

1:18.6

I got the sense today from the Prime Minister. He's ready to do a deal.

1:22.6

And when I go to Doha and Cairo, my goal will be to put us in a position to be able to close this deal this month, not later.

1:33.6

Inorgation Day is approaching, and President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to pardon U.S. capital rioters as soon as he takes office again.

1:43.0

But it's still not clear who will actually get clemency out of the hundreds of convicted rioters, as soon as he takes office again. But it's still not clear who will actually get

1:45.5

Clemency, out of the hundreds of convicted rioters, defendants awaiting trial, and remaining

1:51.6

fugitives. CNN's Caitlin Polance has more. Hi, Joe. There's what Trump says, and then what happens

1:57.8

behind the scenes. And on the Trump transition, they just haven't figured out how these pardons for January

2:03.1

6 rioters will work.

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