Trump’s controversial nomination for attorney-general
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has nominated former Republican US Congressman Matt Gaetz for the role of US attorney-general. He is a man with many critics, including within his own party. So will the Senate approve the nomination? Also on the programme: Super Typhoon Usagi makes landfall in an already storm-battered Philippines; and the academic from London who is under house arrest in Azerbaijan while the UN climate change conference continues.
Photo: Former US Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz speaks at a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Henderson, Nevada U.S. 31st October 2024. Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour. It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service |
| 0:07.1 | Studios in central London. I'm Tim Franks. In a moment, we'll be discussing Donald Trump's |
| 0:12.0 | latest top-level nominations for his incoming administration. They provoked a bit of a gasp, |
| 0:17.2 | even among some of his allies. They would certainly shake things up if they are approved by the Senate. |
| 0:24.3 | But what chance the Senate will approve them. |
| 0:27.2 | Also, in 20 minutes, we'll be taking you to a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, |
| 0:32.5 | where one diver made a very exciting discovery. |
| 0:36.4 | So I came up from the first free dive, |
| 0:40.6 | excited and shouting today. |
| 0:44.5 | I come here, get the position, |
| 0:46.5 | and call to my dive body, that is my son. |
| 0:50.8 | It is a fantastic story, as promised in 20 minutes. |
| 0:55.7 | We're beginning the program, though, with what by common consent are some of the gravest |
| 1:00.6 | nominations yet by Donald Trump for his new administration. |
| 1:04.6 | For Attorney General, the top law officer in the land, the head of the Department of Justice, |
| 1:09.8 | Mr. Trump has tapped the fiery Florida |
| 1:12.2 | Congressman Matt Gates for Director of National Intelligence, the person to oversee the U.S.'s |
| 1:18.0 | 18 intelligence agencies. Donald Trump has picked Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic |
| 1:23.8 | Congresswoman who for years has espoused views on points of foreign policy |
| 1:28.7 | that have strongly cut against the grain of conventional US foreign policy. |
| 1:35.0 | We'll get into those later in the program. |
| 1:36.8 | Let's begin, though, with Matt Gates, the now former congressman, |
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