Full Episode: Sunday, December 8, 2024

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

ABC News

News, Politics

3.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Martha Raddatz interviews California Democrat Ro Khanna about his pitch to work with President-elect Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency’s co-leaders, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, to cut costs in the federal budget. Then, as rebel forces gain ground in Syria, Martha interviews former CENTCOM commander and retired Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie about expanding conflicts overseas, and the debate over Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Dept. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week with George Stephanopoulos starts right now.
0:04.8	Stunning takeover.
0:08.5	Overnight, Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus in a lightning offensive,
0:14.5	overthrowing decades of brutal Assad family rule.
0:19.6	Syrians take to the streets in jubilation as Bashal Assad reportedly flees.
0:26.1	James Longman reports on the breaking developments, and former CENTCOM commander retired
0:31.4	General Frank McKenzie joins us.
0:34.6	A brazen murder grips the nation.
0:37.2	This was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack.
0:42.5	United Healthcare CEO fatally shot in Manhattan, the murderer on the loose, as the manhunt
0:49.4	now spreads across the country. We are sinking information from the public to help identify the shooter.
0:55.0	This morning, Aaron Kuturski and our law enforcement experts break down the latest.
1:00.0	Plus, Democratic Congressman Rokaneh on the fallout.
1:05.0	And the first thing we have to do is get the criminals out of our country.
1:09.0	Donald Trump taps hardliners for top border enforcement jobs as his defense secretary
1:14.6	pick faces new challenges.
1:16.6	As long as Donald Trump wants me in this fight, I'm going to be standing right here in this fight.
1:21.6	We speak with Republican Congressman Byron Donald and our powerhouse roundtable weighs in.
1:34.4	From ABC News, it's this week, here now, Martha Raditz.
1:41.0	Good morning. As we come on the air this morning, we are tracking one of the most extraordinary events in Middle East history. In Syria, overnight, rebel forces sweeping
1:46.2	through the capital city of Damascus, putting an end to the brutal 24-year dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad.
1:53.9	The rebels seen celebrating the stunning turn of events as people poured into the streets
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