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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. Donald Trump becomes president for the second time on Monday. |
| 0:08.6 | His border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News last night, the new administration is preparing to carry out immigration enforcement raids around the country starting on Tuesday. |
| 0:19.6 | Well, we're telling ICE, you're going to enforce the immigration law without apology. |
| 0:23.7 | You're going to constrain the worst, the public safety threats first, but no one's off the table. |
| 0:28.9 | If they're in the country illegally, they've got a problem. |
| 0:31.2 | Trump returns to Washington this weekend for celebrations in advance of his second inauguration. |
| 0:36.4 | A planned victory rally tomorrow has been |
| 0:39.2 | moved indoors because of cold temperatures. For the same reason, Trump will take the oath of |
| 0:44.1 | office Monday inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda instead of outside on the steps. Treasury Secretary |
| 0:51.2 | Janet Yellen says her agency will implement what are known as extraordinary measures to prevent the nation from reaching its debt ceiling. |
| 1:00.7 | NPR's Dave Mistich reports. |
| 1:02.8 | In a late December letter, Yellen told members of Congress that the U.S. would reach its current debt ceiling, somewhere between January 14th and January 23rd. Now, she's directing the |
| 1:13.0 | Treasury Department to stop paying into certain accounts, including the Civil Service Retirement |
| 1:17.6 | and Disability Fund and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund. These special accounting |
| 1:23.3 | maneuvers will begin Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office and Yellen |
| 1:28.1 | has left her post. In a letter to lawmakers, Yelan said how long these measures remain in place |
| 1:33.4 | remains uncertain. She also urged Congress to, quote, act promptly to protect the full faith |
| 1:39.1 | and credit of the United States. Dave Mstitch, NPR News. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to go into |
| 1:47.5 | effect tomorrow after 15 months of war. The agreement calls for the release of dozens of hostages |
| 1:53.9 | held by militants in the Gaza Strip and hundreds of Palestinians being detained in Israel. |
| 2:00.0 | At least three people were killed, at least a dozen more injured, |
| 2:03.4 | in Ukraine's capital, Kiev today, |
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