From felon to president, inmates refuse commutation, champagne sales slump & more

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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We begin with Donald Trump’s inaugural address where he laid out some of his priorities upon taking office. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump launched meme coins that have experts on edge. Two federal prisoners are fighting to stay on death row. Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, has died at 67. And, we’ll talk about one impact of a grim global mood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.1	Hi from CNN. This is Madeline Thompson with five things you need to know for Monday, January 20th.
0:37.4	Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. with five things you need to know for Monday, January 20th.
0:41.8	Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States,
0:45.2	less than a year after being convicted of multiple felonies.
0:49.8	He gave his inaugural address from the Capitol Rotunda just afternoon today.
0:53.1	The golden age of America begins right now.
0:55.0	He also described some of his priorities upon taking office.
1:00.0	I will direct all members of my cabinet to marshal the vast powers at their disposal
1:05.0	to defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices.
1:11.6	The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices,
1:19.6	and that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency.
1:26.6	We will drill, baby drill. Shortly before Trump was sworn in,
1:34.2	former President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for his sister and two brothers, along with
1:39.4	their spouses. A source familiar with Biden's thinking told CNN that the stunning move was fueled partly by Trump's public vow to appoint a special prosecutor to, quote, go after Biden and his family.
1:52.2	President Trump and First Lady Melania launched a pair of meme coins in the lead-up to Trump's inauguration that are already worth billions of dollars on paper.
2:01.6	Remember, meme coins are a type of highly volatile cryptocurrency inspired by popular
2:06.6	internet or culture trends. But the timing, just days before Trump took office, promising
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