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I nominated him for, I guess, if you like health and if you like people that live a long time, it's the most important position.

RFK Jr. Donald Trump's polarizing cabinet picks. What will they mean for the U.S. government and for the world?

Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at what the appointment of Robert Kennedy Jr. means for health care.

And former national security official Corey Shockey on Trump and American power.

Also ahead.

The church has to get it right. There are no excuses for us for getting it wrong. Accountability atop the Church of England. As Archbishop

of Canterbury, Justin Welby resigns, we look back at Christian's conversation with him about

sexual abuse in religious institutions.

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The divide between winners and losers has been deepening our politics and setting us apart.

Walter Isaacson speaks to political philosophy professor Michael Sandel about anger and division in America.

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biona Gola-Lriga in New York, sitting in for Christiana Amunpur. Well, the changing direction in U.S. foreign policy is becoming abundantly clear, even with Donald Trump months away from taking office.

First, with his controversial salvo of early appointments, charging Pete Hegeseth with exercising wokeness from the Pentagon, placing Tulsi Gabbard in charge of national

intelligence despite her well-known support for Russia, and while

delegating America's global leadership on public health to

vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr. On Ukraine, Russian

officials say they would welcome Trump-brokered

negotiations, saying any talks need to be based on the realities of Russian advances. At present,

Russian forces are advancing at their fastest pace this year. And as for Iran, the New York Times

reports that Elon Musk met with its UN ambassador on de-escalating

tensions with the United States, marking a return of the freelance diplomacy.

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