Trump’s first trips, anti-abortion activists pardoned, pandas welcomed back & more

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🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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President Donald Trump is visiting two areas recovering from natural disasters. 23 anti-abortion activists have been pardoned as many more march in Washington DC today. Israel says it won’t leave southern Lebanon by Sunday’s deadline. Getting federal workers back in the office could be more expensive than it sounds. Plus, the public can now visit pandas at the Smithsonian Zoo again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.3	Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, January 24th.
0:38.3	President Donald Trump is heading to North Carolina and California today, two states facing
0:44.0	a long recovery from natural disasters.
0:47.2	There'll be Trump's first trip since his inauguration and come as Republican lawmakers
0:51.9	start to balance their desire for spending cuts with the president's
0:55.4	pledges to help both places rebuild.
0:58.6	In the initial aftermath of Hurricane Helene, misinformation spread about the federal
1:03.2	government's response in North Carolina, including that FEMA funds were being directed
1:08.3	to migrant services instead of recovery efforts.
1:12.2	Trump amplified many of those false claims.
1:15.0	And in an interview with Fox News this week, he said that FEMA is, quote, getting in the way
1:20.3	of everything.
1:21.6	All it does is complicate everything.
1:23.9	FEMA has not done their job for the last four years.
1:27.1	FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I'd rather see the states
1:31.6	take care of their own problems.
1:33.5	CNN has reached out to FEMA for comments.
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