Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Crowds brave freezing cold ahead of Trump's inauguration. He's promised to sign dozens of executive orders on his first day to push through his radical agenda. Also: the Gaza ceasefire is holding into a second day.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Jackie Leonard and at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 20th of January, these are our main |
| 0:10.8 | stories. Washington is gearing up for Donald Trump's second inauguration as US president. |
| 0:16.7 | The ceasefire in Gaza is holding into a second day. Much needed aid trucks are coming into the territory. |
| 0:22.9 | And an Indian man found guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata |
| 0:27.7 | has been sentenced to life in prison. |
| 0:31.9 | Also in this podcast, do you fancy a job in the Antarctic? |
| 0:35.3 | Switch cars for skisoos, roads for open seas and have an office looking out at icebergs, whales and even penguins. |
| 0:47.1 | As we record this podcast, inauguration day is getting underway in Washington. |
| 0:52.9 | Freezing temperatures mean that the ceremony will now be held indoors, |
| 0:57.1 | and following the oath of office, President Trump will then address the nation. |
| 1:01.7 | In his final rally on Sunday, he promised to sign a series of executive orders on his first day in office. |
| 1:08.0 | Some of his targets include illegal immigration, slashing environmental |
| 1:12.9 | regulations, and eliminating diversity policies from the military. From Washington, the BBC's |
| 1:19.0 | Nomir Iqbal sent this report. Ladies and gentlemen, the 47th president of the United States, |
| 1:25.2 | Donald J. Trump. |
| 1:30.7 | What a good feeling. We like winning, don't we have? |
| 1:37.5 | Walking onto stage at the Capitol Arena, Donald Trump was where he wants to be, ready to reclaim power. At noon, the curtain closes on four long years of American decline, and we begin a brand new day of |
| 1:48.2 | American strength and prosperity, dignity, and pride. |
| 1:54.4 | Bring it all back. |
| 1:56.6 | Once and for all, we're going to end the reign of a failed and corrupt political establishment |
| 2:03.5 | in Washington, a failed administration. We're not going to take it anymore. As always, his bombastic |
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