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The President's Daily Brief

January 7th, 2025: Trudeau Announces His Resignation & Hezbollah Ceasefire on the Brink

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

News, Politics

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Major news from Canada as Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as Prime Minister after nearly a decade in office. Updates from the Middle East: Israel negotiates a ceasefire with Hamas but warns its truce with Hezbollah may collapse. President Biden takes last-minute executive action, banning new drilling and oil and gas development across over 625 million acres of U.S. waters. And in today’s Back of the Brief: Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns about Russia potentially transferring advanced technology to North Korea in his final days in office. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you. It's Tuesday, 7 January. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed. Today, we start with major news from Canada.

1:01.2

Justin Trudeau is resigning as Prime Minister after nearly a decade in office,

1:04.7

bowing to mounting calls for him to step down.

1:08.1

Later in the show, we'll have the latest from the Middle East.

1:12.2

Israel is negotiating a ceasefire with Hamas, while warning that its truce with Hezbollah may be on the verge of collapse. Plus, President Biden,

1:19.2

I remember him, announced a last-minute executive action on Monday, banning new drilling and

1:24.8

further an oil and gas development across over, get this, 625 million

1:31.1

acres of U.S. coastal and offshore waters. And in today's back of the brief, Secretary of State

1:38.1

Anthony Blinken issues a warning in his final days about Russia, possibly transferring advanced technology to North Korea. Well,

1:46.6

of course they are. This is not a pro bono arrangement for North Korea to provide troops to Russia.

1:53.2

But first, today's PDB spotlight. We'll begin with a major bombshell out of Canada, where the

1:58.7

curtains are closing on the political career of Prime Minister

2:02.0

Justin Trudeau. Trudeau announced Monday that he'll be stepping down as leader of Canada's

2:07.4

Liberal Party and resigning as Prime Minister in the coming months after serving in the role for

2:13.0

nearly a decade. The surprise move caps off weeks of inter-party squabbles, and when was the last time

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