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to resume fighting if further negotiations collapse. hello, i'm christian fraser. welcome to the programme. donald trump is due to arrive in washington shortly ahead of his inauguration on monday. tonight, he ll attend a fundraiser, a dinner and firework display, at his golf resort in virginia, with further events scheduled here in the capitol tomorrow. the temperatures here are due to plummet in the next 2a hours, there is frantic work underway to move the inauguration indoors. with the set now being built in the capitol rotunda. meanwhile, thousands of anti—trump demonstrators have been marching through washington to protest
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against the policies of this incoming administration. organisers had expected 50,000 people. about 5,000 turned up. the people's march — it was previously known as the women's march — much smaller than it was in 2017, when trump first came to power. but according to those who attended, it is now a much more diverse group. it's a nice reminder that even though we don't have the numbers in november, we are not alone and we have two years and we can make some more change. i think we should come out to voice our concerns. why do you think people should go back home because you think they do not belong here? america was built upon immigrants. you can'tjust deport people because you feel like they don't belong here. there a bigger ideology- than donald trump and whoever
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appeals to that basis desire of trump is going to get - whatever they want from him. women's rights are slowly being stripped away and we just have to stand up and take a stand because it's our body and our choice. we cannot allow this to go on. 0ur north america correspondentjohn sudworth was at the march. they are calling this the people's protest and they are protesting at what they see as being donald trump's threat to civil rights, women's rights, protection to minorities, socialjustice. america is, few people can doubt, a deeply divided country on the verge of radical change. that is what donald trump promised before the election and that's why his supporters voted for him and they will be hoping that this time around he'll be far more prepared to push his agenda. for his opponents on the streets, that is
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precisely what they fear. the decision to bring the inauguration indoors because of the weather is posing some challenges and when you think back to the scenes of violence that greeted his defeat in 2020, so far, these protests have been very, very peaceful. what a difference four years makes. we've got these photos of donald trump leaving palm beach. they are travelling to dulles international airport and we will give you pictures of the plane when it lands. he's going
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straight to his golf course in sterling, virginia. there will be tonight a firework display along with 500 invited guests. all of them paying, in fact they've raced hundred and $17 million so big fundraisers here in washington over the next of days. as we mentioned there — donald trump pledged to tackle illegal immigration on his very first day in the white house. raids to detain and deport people living in the us illegally are set to begin as soon as tuesday, according to our us media partner cbs. the operations are reportedly set to start in chicago, a city with a large migrant population. and a reminder .. we will have full live coverage of donald trump's
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inauguration here on bbc news, with a special programme from washington, starting on monday at 12 gmt, that's 7am us eastern. donald trump says he'll "most likely" give tiktok a 90—day reprieve from a potential ban in the us when he takes office on monday. he has described it as "a very big situation," and that he believes that right now it is an appropriate step. a three—month extension is allowed under the legislation. but it may not be enough to prevent the app going dark for at least twenty—four hour. the current deadline for compliance is sunday night. earlier, the outgoing biden administration dismissed tiktok�*s warning that its operations would be suspended sunday — as no more than a stunt. the press secretary saying there was no reason for the app to take action before trump takes office on monday. i've been speaking with matthew schettenhelm a bloomberg intelligence litigation analyst. wield the extension be enough to avoid the app going dark?
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the law allows a 90 day extension from the president, but it puts three conditions on the president's power to grant the extension, one that there's progress being made on a sale but the most important is that there are binding agreements in place that a divestiture to happen but i'm not sure that president trump is going to be able to show that so he may say i'm putting a 90—day delay in place but i don't is going to be consistent with the law and that's going to create some concern for the companies that will be violating the law if it's not an effective order.
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this company that i've never heard of called perplexity ai, a search engine said they put in a merge with an —based company byte dance so presumably it has service in the united states, with that satisfy the regulators? under the law, that's what the lawmakers envisioned is that tiktok can continue in the us if there is a divestiture to a company whose parent isn't located within china. and so if byte dance were willing to do that in china were willing to endorse it any that's exactly the path that congress can envision. the problem is that company has had 270 days to consider a sale and nothing happened and it's not clear that any offer is going to be taken seriously, or instead with the company or instead whether the company is going to keep playing this game of chicken to pressure lawmakers and president trump
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to try and keep the lights on. in respect of the companies that carry tiktok, the cloud computing companies that make it available, would they be violating the law as tiktok says and what they have some liability without this 90 day extension? absolutely. it says that any company that is carrying tik—tok in the app store on internet hosting services to make it work as of tomorrow, january 19, they are liable for $5,000 per every tik—tok user that continues to access the service because of what those companies do. if you think about 700 million users on tiktok and 5000,
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and 5000, that's 800 billion in liabilities. anytime you as a company see $870 billion as exposure, i think you have to think carefully about whether you can comply with what president trump would want or would you say, we'd like to do that but the way we should do that is to change the law, go back to congress and change this provision or delay it, because it's too much risk. what seems bizarre to me is that this is a build—up that had such bipartisan support but neither side seems very keen to own it. and what's more, you've got a chinese ceo praising donald trump who himself wants to take this tougher line on china. it is a very odd look. the whole thing is entirely bizarre and a little over a week ago, president biden�*s solicitor general was that the supreme court
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aggressively defending this law law and now you hear president biden�*s administration is saying no one is going to enforce it. this won by a 50 to zero vote in the house committee. no legislation has done that before. forcing the sale of tiktok until this final moment when it's really going to happen and now some people are getting cold feet so it's going to get very interesting so the law is in effect. the supreme court upheld it so it goes into force tomorrow. it's very difficult for trump to undo a law that on the books. it is one to watch. we'll be keeping an eye on tiktok. israel has warned the gaza ceasefire will not go ahead on sunday morning unless and until it receives a list of the hostages that are due to be released by hamas tomorrow.
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in his first response to the deal that was approved by the israeli cabintet, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his government reserves the right to resume the fighting. the deal is due to come into effect tomorrow morning at 8.30am local time. in phase one of the agreement, over a period of six weeks, 33 hostages will be freed. in return — according to egypt — about nineteen hundred palestinian prisoners will be released. they are ready to surge the humanitarian aid into gaza but that of course contingent on the ceasefire. the following two phases would include more hostage and prisoner releases, and the long—term reconstruction of gaza but there is an awful lot to be decided before then. lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem the faces of israel's hostages never aged in hostage square, as the days of their captivity were counted. now, for some, the countdown
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to freedom has begun. three hostages are due to be freed tomorrow in exchange for 95 palestinians in israeli jails. anyjoy masked by anxiety for many families here, unsure whether their relatives have survived. kfir bibas should have celebrated his second birthday with family today. he's now spent most of his life as a hostage. it feels like the moment of truth is arriving, so... ..it�*s hard. and it's confusing, and it's very easy and tempting to just be like, "yes, it's over — we are finally here." but i don't let myself think this way and feel this way because of all the disappointments before. it's been a long wait for people on both sides of this war. for over a year the leaders of israel and hamas have been determined to show strength,
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but their refusal to agree a ceasefire left their people paying the price. 0n the eve of the ceasefire tonight, as israel prepared to receive the hostages, their prime minister said the door was open to resume the war. translation: both president | trump and president biden gave full support to israel's right to return to fighting if israel concludes the negotiation on the second phase is hopeless. if we have to go back to fighting, we'll do this in new ways and with great force. in gaza, the countdown to peace was marked by another day of war. civil defence teams say more than 120 people have been killed since the ceasefire was announced on wednesday. waiting aid and the return of displaced people to their homes — a future
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lodged beyond the horizon of the conflict. translation: there is nothing to get excited or happy about. i as you can see, there's destruction everywhere. a lost future. destruction after destruction. everyone is worried and the situation is very difficult. i we will live to tell the story of the past year and a half. | my feelings are mixed. i don't know if it's happiness or what. the most important thing is that we feel safe. this ceasefire deal is partial, fragile and complicated. a shaky foundation for building peace where so much has been destroyed. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. israel was supposed to have received the names of the three hostages and there is still been no confirmation of will be released. israel would not
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proceed without the list. each step of this deal has been slow and difficult. this final step is no difference. lucy williams tells us about that fragility with this ceasefire. we are now getting some live pictures from dulles international airport. it's just after 7am here dulles international airport. it'sjust after 7am here in washington. the plane has landed carrying donald trump, his family and the inauguration team. the steps have been put up team. the steps have been put up alongside the aircraft. we've not seen the president elect yet. let's talk about the middle east ceasefire. laura
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blum and sailed, we will talk to you. tell us more about the speech from the israeli prime minister tonight. what did you make of what you've heard? from him and from _ make of what you've heard? from him and from everyone _ make of what you've heard? from him and from everyone in - make of what you've heard? from him and from everyone in the - him and from everyone in the region, it's biting your nails down to the nub. there's a sense of relief, may be, but no rejoicing because you can see the seeds of the nest conflict as we wind down this one. henchman netanyahu says he has the support of donald trump to continue and there have been commitments that the ceasefire deal we'll go through.— deal we'll go through. donald trump gave _ deal we'll go through. donald trump gave an _ deal we'll go through. donald trump gave an interview- deal we'll go through. donald l trump gave an interview about the ceasefire and he said he told the israeli prime minister
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told the israeli prime minister to keep doing what has to be done while also emphasising his desire to see the war end. what does that mean? its desire to see the war end. what does that mean?— desire to see the war end. what does that mean? its trump speak it's noncommittal _ does that mean? its trump speak it's noncommittal and _ it's noncommittal and contradictory. you have to understand that netanyahu and trump are driven by one goal never to be suckers, suckered into a deal. the 2011 deal that release, he was the architect of october seven it's that netanyahu personally let him go. trump, he's got a lot of goals out there he wants to fulfil. he doesn't want to get suckered into this human catastrophe on his watch. the biden folk spoke and said for
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them, it felt like they were no good options, only bad options. the trump administration has said they brokered it so now they own it. they want to come out on top of that. in they own it. they want to come out on top of that.— out on top of that. in terms of what he said _ out on top of that. in terms of what he said tonight, - out on top of that. in terms of what he said tonight, he - what he said tonight, he reserves the right to resume the war, there seems to be an acceptance within the cabinet in large part that phase one is necessary that those listening to what he said tonight will perhaps take the view that he's not fully committed to phases two and three, while most stages are difficult for? because they are about permanent peace in these two parties are in the state of
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permanent war. the israeli moderate voice put it best when he said this is a ceasefire with no allusions, the price of releasing hostages today are almost guaranteed hostages tomorrow, many of these prisoners who have been released have his blood on their hands but there are also british and american tourists so there are no allusions. 0n the other side for hamas, there's a sense of pride but not for their people or the palestinians. this is not a fifth ave parades situation and all the hostages feel good. there is no light at the end of hamas tunnels and it will go on for a generation and it's the same for palestinians, once we get our cameras in there to see
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the devastation in gaza, the buildings are ground down into the sand and it's gonna take a lot of rebuilding. i am hoping that trump and his business mind will assist. but it's driven by dollars.- mind will assist. but it's driven by dollars. the saudi arabians — driven by dollars. the saudi arabians want _ driven by dollars. the saudi arabians want to _ driven by dollars. the saudi arabians want to see - driven by dollars. the saudi arabians want to see a - driven by dollars. the saudi arabians want to see a road driven by dollars. the saudi - arabians want to see a road map to a palestinian state. before all that, he has a big political decision to take, donald trump, just say they get 33 hostages out in this phase, that would still leave some of the american hostages behind. there are six of them. if benjamin netanyahu says we need to resume the war and americans left behind, how will that play out in the united states? that i was been _
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out in the united states? that i was been complication - out in the united states? twat i was been complication and when i worked with president 0bama, then it would move to the next stage so we had a lot of nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. that's where we started out in may with the three phase plan. netanyahu is getting a partial deal but he is the catch, trump understands that there are americans who are set to be released in the second and third phases so he's not gonna let off with this pressure and trump demands loyalty in a way that biden delivered loyalty so i believe he will apply pressure to get this through but may be the right word is ram it through, but he will. good to talk to you, laura. we are getting those pictures from dulles airport and we should tell people what happens next. we don't have any live pictures
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of the motorcade but here the first of several inauguration dinners that donald trump will be attending. this is a weekend of real celebration of the incoming administration and the first of the list is visit his golf club in virginia and his arriving with his family, his wife, and he'll bejoined by 500 guests, elected officials, supporters already to celebrate with him and to cover what is essentially a normal weekend. they say guests but they are paying for the pleasure. there are donors, elected and unelected. and there will reportedly be five hours of music and an extensive firework display with an elvis impersonator. and a tenner called christopher matt yeo who he is invited to a republican
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inauguration before. and a firework display. there will be his supporters in the sports arena in the capital and that will bejoined... there are 200,000 people who are supposed to be on the mile. to stop the inauguration from being outsiders the right measure but what about all the people trying to get into the arena with only 20,000 seats, how are they going to manage that? it's a massive challenge and it's happening at breakneck speed. the only announced it a few days ago and one with just two days ago and one with just two days more to go so it's been organised and as you say, 20,000 people in the arena is all that will fit so not room there compare crowd sizes. you will know how much enthusiasm to donald trump is that a lot
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of the people who wants to join the front row cues hours before these rallies and that will be a concern. if you've got people sleeping outside ahead of the eventin sleeping outside ahead of the event in the sub temperatures. people said they were going to drive 1000 milesjust to people said they were going to drive 1000 miles just to see him, camp outside but he posted on his social media that he wanted to protect his supporters, law enforcement, police dogs, horses and said for those who are coming make sure they dress warmly. some people have got tickets on the mile but there is huge disappointment for supporters about that and presumably also for invited guests to the swearing in because there will be invited guests who are told there is not room. in some of those guests will have been paying top dollar, donors
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