Presidents Roasting By An Open Fire
Newscast
BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at President-elect Trump’s first administration appointments and Wes Streeting’s much-trailed NHS reforms.
Adam speaks to BBC News Chief Presenter Caitriona Perry and Social Media and Disinformation Correspondent Marianna Spring about what happened when Biden and Trump met and what Elon Musk’s new role as head of a Department of Government Efficiency mean.
And, BBC Health Editor Hugh Pym decodes what reforms the Health Secretary Wes Streeting has proposed in a speech at the NHS providers conference this morning.
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| 0:23.9 | Hello, Donald Trump's second term as US President is taking shape. |
| 0:28.3 | So we're going to catch up with friend of the podcast, Katrina Perry, who's in the Washington, D.C. |
| 0:32.2 | Bureau. |
| 0:32.7 | Hello, Katrina. |
| 0:33.8 | Hi, Adam. |
| 0:34.5 | How are you? |
| 0:35.2 | Very well. |
| 0:35.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:36.1 | Lovely to catch up after finally seeing you in person last week. |
| 0:38.8 | And also the person I'm seeing in person today because they're in the studio is Marianna Spring. Hello, Mariana. |
| 0:43.7 | Hello. |
| 0:44.5 | Now, Katrina, before we dive into today's episode, the big set piece thing today was Donald Trump, the president-elect, going to the White House and sitting down in the Oval Office with Joe Biden. |
| 0:56.3 | My main takeaway from that, though, is that they had a roaring fire. |
| 1:00.0 | But when I was in D.C. last week, it was so warm, people were wearing shorts. |
| 1:02.9 | What's going on? |
| 1:04.5 | That fabulous sunny weather that you all were enjoying last week when you were here with us |
| 1:09.1 | must have left on the plane with you, Adam, |
| 1:11.7 | you took the weather away because it's really chilly here today. |
| 1:15.5 | It's proper hat scarf and gloves, little red nose, as I have myself, chilly days. |
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