Paris Emergency Summit, Marco Rubio in the Middle East, Trump's First Month
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🗓️ 17 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Did you notice that we're working on President's Day? Did you agree to this? |
| 0:04.0 | I made it part of my renegotiation. |
| 0:06.0 | That you work every federal holiday like me? |
| 0:09.0 | With Layla Fottle. |
| 0:10.0 | With... |
| 0:12.0 | European leaders hold an emergency summit in Paris today. |
| 0:18.0 | The future of Ukraine's on the line and wider European security is also under threat, |
| 0:21.8 | so what do they have to fear from the U.S. meeting with Russia if they are not also at the table? |
| 0:25.7 | I'm Lila Falded. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:32.8 | The U.S. Secretary of State is in the Middle East, promoting President Trump's vision |
| 0:36.6 | to push Palestinians |
| 0:37.8 | in Gaza out and take it over. |
| 0:39.7 | The president's also been very bold about his view of what the future for Gaza should be, |
| 0:45.5 | not the same tired ideas of the past. |
| 0:48.1 | But will Arab allies be supportive of Trump turning Gaza into a seaside real estate development? |
| 0:53.3 | And here in the U.S., Trump follows through on promises to reshape the federal government. |
| 0:57.3 | On this president's day, we take a look at his first four weeks in office. |
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