Trump's Gaza Takeover?, Flu Surges & Super Bowl Ticket Prices- Wednesday, February 5, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 5 February 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The news to know for Wednesday, February 5, 2025!
We're talking about President Trump's plan to "take over" and "own" Gaza and how the world is responding to his surprising redevelopment plan.
Also, a trade war is heating up between the U.S. and China. What's expected to get more expensive because of it?
Plus, we'll tell you where an ice storm is set to impact millions of Americans, why school districts are shutting down in parts of the country, and how much people are spending to go to this year's Super Bowl.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, February 5th. |
| 0:02.1 | We're talking about President Trump's plan to take over and own Gaza, how the world is responding |
| 0:07.2 | to his surprising redevelopment plan. |
| 0:09.6 | Also, a trade war is heating up between the U.S. and China, what's expected to get more expensive |
| 0:14.1 | because of it. |
| 0:15.2 | Plus, where an ice storm is set to impact millions of Americans, why entire school districts |
| 0:20.2 | are shutting down in parts |
| 0:21.4 | of the country, and how much people are spending to go to this year's Super Bowl. Those stories |
| 0:25.9 | and even more news to know coming up. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news |
| 0:32.8 | in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.4 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:44.4 | President Trump shocked the world this week with a new plan to own the Gaza Strip. In other words, |
| 0:50.1 | the same president who campaigned on shrinking America's role abroad actually wants to take long-term control over a war-torn territory. |
| 0:57.9 | Trump says he wants all the two million Palestinians who live there to be relocated |
| 1:02.1 | and for the enclave to be built into the, quote, Riviera of the Middle East. |
| 1:05.9 | The president's aides say it could take 10 to 15 years, |
| 1:09.3 | and Trump says he's not ruling out sending in American |
| 1:11.6 | troops to get it done. Still, it could be extremely tough. Arab nations are strongly against |
| 1:17.1 | the idea of evacuating Gaza or taking away any Palestinian land. And mid-east experts say any |
| 1:22.9 | attempt to take Gaza out of Palestinian hands would likely be met with attacks. |
| 1:27.7 | Even many of Trump's Republican allies in Congress are skeptical of how it would all work. |
| 1:32.7 | But Trump says it's a plan that could bring stability to the entire Middle East as he plans |
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