Americanswers...on 5 Live! What will President Trump do on Day 1?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Three wildfires are still burning in the Los Angeles area and the death toll has risen to 24 as the LA mayor says 'urgent preparations' being made for strong winds. With nearly 100,000 people under evacuation orders and thousands of properties damaged or destroyed, does the US need to rethink the way it builds its homes?
And, President Donald Trump was sentenced on Friday to an "unconditional discharge" in his hush-money criminal trial, meaning he will face no prison time, probation or fine. He will enter the White House next week as the first convicted felon in office, but does his lack of punishment set a precedent for those convicted of similar crimes?
The Americast team once again join Matt Chorley on 5 Live to answer your questions...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, AmeriCasters. There are more of you now with us than ever before, and we'd like to try to keep it that way. |
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| 0:17.2 | We're recording this at roughly 3.45 in the afternoon here in London. I've just come off air on 5 Live with Sarah, and with Matt Chorley. We do American answers with him every Monday. We were answering all the questions you ask us, which achieved their normal, brilliant standard this week? We answered everything you wanted to know about the political consequences of the devastating |
| 0:37.5 | wildfires happening in Los Angeles. What precedent might have been set following the sentencing |
| 0:43.4 | of Donald Trump in the hush money case has just concluded finally in New York. And this, of course, |
| 0:49.2 | is Joe Biden's final week in office. That means legacy is on his mind. He's due to give a farewell |
| 0:53.8 | address in the Oval Office on Wednesday mind. He's due to give a farewell address in the |
| 0:54.7 | Oval Office on Wednesday night. We talked a bit about that as well. He's already done a farewell |
| 0:59.9 | interview in which he reveals that he thinks he would have beaten Donald Trump, but he wasn't |
| 1:05.9 | as clear about whether he could have completed four more years in office. We'll be looking at |
| 1:09.9 | Joe Biden's legacy in much greater detail during the course of the week |
| 1:13.9 | as it brings to an end, 50 years in public office for him. |
| 1:18.9 | Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 1:22.8 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 1:25.8 | God spared my life for a reason. |
| 1:29.2 | Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. |
| 1:33.5 | The star is born, Elon. |
| 1:35.4 | I'm not just MAGA. I'm dark Gothic MAGA. |
| 1:39.0 | This is what happens when the machine comes after you. |
| 1:42.3 | I'm terrified for this country, and I'm so hurt that America let this happen. |
| 1:46.1 | I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback |
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