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🗓️ 2 May 2025
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0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett's on assignment. On the news hour tonight, |
0:07.0 | a major shakeup in the Trump White House. Embattled National Security Advisor Mike Walts leaves his post |
0:14.0 | and is tapped to become the next U.S. ambassador to the U.N. More than 100 days into his second term, |
0:20.0 | how the president implemented the conservative |
0:22.7 | project 2025 agenda and what the next 100 days could hold. Plus, who owns America's history? |
0:30.9 | We explore the latest efforts to reshape the nation's cultural institutions. |
0:36.2 | Americans love history, and they want a history they can trust. |
0:40.3 | They want a history they think is honest. |
0:43.3 | Welcome to the News Hour. |
0:57.1 | Three months into his second term, President Trump is shaking up his national security team. |
1:02.6 | National Security advisor Mike Walts has been ousted from his position. |
1:06.8 | His use of an unclassified messaging platform caused an uproar starting in March, but he'll |
1:11.5 | now be nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. |
1:15.4 | And for the first time since Henry Kissinger, 50 years ago, a Secretary of State will also |
1:21.1 | serve as national security advisor. |
1:23.7 | Marco Rubio will wear both hats for the time being. |
1:27.1 | Following all of this is Nick Schiffran, who joins us now from the White House. |
1:30.3 | So, Nick, what can you tell us about Mike Walts' reassignment and also Secretary Rubio's? |
1:35.3 | Omna, this morning two officials familiar with the situation told me that President Trump decided to initiate this shakeup and remove Mike Walts, the former Green |
1:45.6 | Beret, turned Florida congressman as National Security Advisor, as well as Waltz's principal deputy, |
1:50.8 | Alex Wong, who served in the Trump administration. |
1:53.7 | But this afternoon in a Trump in a post on True Social, he named Secretary of State Marco Rubio |
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