Trump wants Gaza, CIA staff offered buyouts, USPS blocks China packages & more

CNN 5 Things

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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President Donald Trump says the US will take over Gaza, and he hasn’t ruled out sending American troops. The CIA is offering buyouts to its entire workforce, while USAID workers abroad are being told to come home. All 67 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of last week’s DC plane collision. The Northeast is in for some blockbuster winter storms this month. Plus, the US Postal Service says it won’t accept incoming packages from China and Hong Kong for the foreseeable future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.2	I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, February 5th.
0:38.3	President Donald Trump says the U.S. will take over Gaza.
0:42.3	We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous,
0:47.3	unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the
0:53.3	destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic
0:56.4	development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.
1:03.4	The stunning announcement came after Trump sat down with Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
1:09.5	Trump wouldn't rule out sending American troops to Gaza
1:12.6	and said the more than one million Palestinians who live there should leave.
1:16.6	He described his vision for the area as a new, quote, Riviera of the Middle East.
1:22.6	It would be my hope that we could do something really nice, really good, where they wouldn't want to return.
1:29.3	Why would they want to return? The place has been hell.
1:32.3	It's been one of the meanest, what are the meanest, toughest places on Earth.
1:37.3	But many of the Palestinians CNN has spoken to since the war broke out are desperate to return to their homes in Gaza, even if they've
1:46.0	been destroyed.
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