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CNN 5 Things

Trump in LA, deportations could hinder recovery efforts, new tourist tax & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump wants to attach strings to federal disaster aid for California. Homebuilders in Los Angeles say undocumented immigrants are central to rebuilding after the wildfires. If you get mail from the IRS this month, it could be a tax rebate. The suspect charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 is asking for key evidence to be thrown out. Plus, we’ll tell you which European city is the latest to try out a tax on tourism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, from CNN. This is Madeline Thompson with five things you need to note for Friday, January 24th.

0:37.7

President Donald Trump is visiting Los Angeles for the second leg of his disaster recovery

0:42.3

tour after visiting North Carolina earlier today.

0:45.5

He's expected to take an aerial tour of some of the wildfire damage and participate in a

0:49.9

fire emergency briefing.

0:51.8

Shortly before he arrived, Trump said he'll be conditioning aid to California

0:55.9

by demanding the, quote, water to be released and by tying a voter ID requirement to federal aid.

1:02.5

It's the latest salvo in a feud over a voter ID ban signed last year by the state's Democratic

1:07.7

Governor Gavin Newsom and an unusual political demand for the president to make,

1:12.4

as it politicizes disaster relief in a state that's still reeling from the wildfires.

1:17.9

Southern California's recovery efforts could also be hindered by the prospect of mass deportations under President Trump.

1:24.8

Many of the workers needed to help rebuild the more than 12,000 structures

1:28.8

destroyed by the fires are undocumented immigrants. CNN, Samantha DeLuya, has more.

1:34.6

Hi, Madeline. I spoke to one home builder in Los Angeles who told me there just aren't enough

1:39.9

young Americans who are qualified to fill the construction jobs that will be necessary to rebuild

1:45.4

everything destroyed by the fires this month.

1:48.1

According to the latest census data, more than 52% of construction workers in California

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