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News Wrap: Trump calls for 'immediate cease-fire' in Ukraine after meeting with Zelenskyy

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In our news wrap Sunday, Trump called for an "immediate cease-fire" between Ukraine and Russia and said in an interview that he plans to end birthright citizenship in the U.S., New York police released new photos of the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and a pair of iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" sold at auction for $28 million. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Elsewhere, President-elect Trump weighed in on the war in Ukraine.

0:04.0

Hours after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodemar Zelensky in Paris, Mr. Trump posted on

0:09.6

truth social to call for an immediate ceasefire with Russia.

0:13.9

While Ukraine wants to join NATO in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, Mr. Trump said

0:18.7

the United States may leave the alliance. He says European

0:21.9

countries are taking advantage of the United States. He wouldn't commit to staying unless

0:26.1

countries meet defense spending targets. The president-elect also doubled down on his pledge

0:31.3

to launch mass deportations as soon as he takes office. Is it your plan to deport everyone who is here illegally over the next four years?

0:40.6

Well, I think you have to do it.

0:42.5

And it's a very tough thing to do.

0:46.5

It's, but you have to have, you know, you have rules, regulations, laws they came in illegally.

0:52.0

You know, the people that have been treated very unfairly are the people that have been online for 10 years to come into the country.

0:57.7

And we're going to make it very easy for people to come in in terms of they have to pass a test.

1:02.5

They have to be able to tell you what the Statue of Liberty is.

1:05.8

In that interview, Mr. Trump also said he would sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship on day one,

1:12.7

acknowledged that he couldn't guarantee that his planned tariffs won't lead to higher prices,

1:17.3

though he said they will make the country rich, and said he wouldn't replace Federal Reserve

1:21.6

Chairman Jerome Powell and asked if he would concede that he lost the 2020 election in a move

1:27.3

to unify the country,

1:29.3

Mr. Trump refused. The hunt for the man who killed United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson is

1:34.8

intensifying. New York police released new photos of the suspected shooter in what appears to be

1:40.1

the backseat of a cab. The reward for information leading to an arrest is now at $60,000.

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