News Wrap: Trump's hush money case sentencing indefinitely postponed by judge
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🗓️ 22 November 2024
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| 0:00.0 | President-elect Trump also begins the day's other headlines. The New York judge overseeing |
| 0:06.1 | his criminal hush money trial has postponed his planned sentencing, which was scheduled |
| 0:10.7 | for next week. Judge Juan Mershahn is allowing time for Trump's team to file a motion to dismiss |
| 0:16.6 | the case entirely after his election victory. Prosecutors will then have until December 9th |
| 0:22.1 | to respond. They've already signaled a willingness to wait until Trump's second term ends for him |
| 0:27.8 | to be sentenced. In a statement, a Trump spokesman said, quote, all of the sham lawfare attacks |
| 0:33.4 | against President Trump are now destroyed, calling the matter finished. Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts related to falsifying business records. |
| 0:42.3 | He has denied any wrongdoing. |
| 0:44.3 | In Azerbaijan, the COP 29 climate summit went into overtime today after a draft deal for funding fell flat. |
| 0:52.3 | On what was supposed to be the last day of the gathering, |
| 0:56.0 | wealthy countries pledged to give poorer nations $250 billion per year |
| 1:01.0 | to address the effects of climate change. |
| 1:03.0 | That is more than double the goal of $100 billion set 15 years ago. |
| 1:08.0 | But it's less than a quarter of what developing countries were seeking. |
| 1:12.6 | Donor countries called the figure a realistic target, while activists and developing nations, |
| 1:17.6 | which are often hit hardest by extreme weather, say it's a slap in the face. |
| 1:22.6 | The developed countries are offering $250 billion when developing countries needs trillions. |
| 1:28.7 | It's like bringing a garden hose into a wildfire. |
| 1:32.5 | It is outrageously inadequate the climate crisis that we are facing. |
| 1:37.3 | We need fire trucks. |
| 1:38.3 | We don't need buckets of water. |
| 1:40.3 | However, a senior U.S. official cautioned that even meeting the proposed 250 billion figure |
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