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at some point this is going to impose a severe cost on the american economy, as it on american economyrasitrwilzlz cm the whole the canadian economy. the whole thing isjust the canadian economy. the whole thing is just crazy. the president of panama — amid tensions over president la hosts the grammys — with beyonce and taylor swift
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they will retaliate, after president donald trump announced us tariffs of 25% on canadian and mexican imports, and 10% on chinese goods. mr trump says the �*pain�* americans will face and he said canada should become america's 51st state , with lower taxes, better military protection and no tariffs. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau and mexican president claudia sheinbaum spoke about mr trump's decision on the phone on saturday. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. president trump has followed through, slapping tariffs canada has hit back.
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tariffs against $155 billion worth of american goods. the prime minister warned the impact would be huge. tackling its own problems with drugs and weapons at the border, and threatened economic sanctions too. president trump is imposing tariffs of 25% on all goods oil imports, however, will be taxed at 10%. but there has been no word on the uk, which broadly saying it was needed to put
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we are going a press c0 nfe re nce a press conference in to a press conference in philadelphia. we saw that philadelphia; we. aaflthat'r ~ ~ , ~ , transport plane come with the twithitheilossiof " " with the loss of seven down with the loss of seven lives, of course.— down with the loss of seven lives, of course. you heard me mention - the _ lives, of course. you heard me mention - the office - lives, of course. you heard me mention - the office of i lives, of course. you heard me| mention - the office of our governor, pennsylvania police, pennsylvania emergency department of 77 protection, protection, our =-—:: fire, �*managing office. �*managing office. the nanaging office. the american directors office. the american red cross, district of red cross, schoot district of and many other philadelphia and many other agencies and officials, all of ourfederal agencies and officials, all of our federal officials, senators, our congressional h w” walliofvouir” 7 w all of our state delegation, all of our state legislatures who i legislatures who are present. i think is around think dylan is around here doherty, the state along with doherty, the state rep. council driscoll and state senator and commissioner deely. everybody is standing up 77_ z in this crisis.
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together in this crisis. further information about a meeting. somebody said, when are you going gather nz who need égt f is? a is gag is? 5 fa " 22: "iét a real—time update and to get a real—time update and have their questions answered departments across the city have their questions answered philadelphia. across the city have their questions answered philadelphia. —— oss the city of philadelphia. —— philadelphians. are working philadelphians. we are working on organising a town meeting on wednesday february the 5th at just block 7pm. just block the time on �*calendar if you 7pm. just block the time on �* calendar if you can 5 february february the 5th 5 february the 5th at wednesday february the 5th at 7pm. the location is to be determined. as relates wherew|ll " magnum ' " titanium ' a shelter, where will you turn? a special thank you to the school district of philadelphia. if; high school samuel phelps high school to be our shelter continues to be our shelter location. 5500 st in location. 5500 langdon st in northeast philadelphia. it is operated in part with oem
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being operated in part with oem the american red cross, and the american red cross, south—eastern pennsylvania with the school district of south—eastern pennsylvania with the school d is 'ict of south—eastern pennsylvania with the school d is open 20 a7. the cross workers ci’oss workers are anyone to anyone who impacted as: impacted asza result been impacted as a result of this tragedy. —— is open 2a thistragedy. —— is open 214 we encourage anyone who avail themselves to service to take advantage s the :e to take advantage s the telephone |dvantage s the telephone number e we have been encouraging that we have been encouraging people use is one 800 red people to use is one 800 red cross. that is the number you should dial �* help. cross. that is the number you should dial �*help. however, you need 7 you need access to if you need access to any thatis if you need access to any that is other than z— for now we you shelter, for now we want you to be able to call 911 and you are going to hearfrom our police commissioner kevin seroroissisner léeuin bethell mental health. this
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shortly. mental health. this point is really if shortly. mental health. this poi| need eally if shortly. mental health. this poi| need assistance, if you need assistance, we have services available through the cities department of behaviour health and intellectual disability services. you can call the hotline now call ths hotlihs and how'go'u” even have to worry about don't even have to worry about entire number, dial the entire number; just dial , hotline number which is 988 �* you can visit �*youflcan visit them or you can visit them online. number, 988, orvisit hotline number, 988, orvisit them online at www.dbhids.org. “3s; fi'fié fil�*ifififidfig�*jfl? 513 are going to “rs; fihfié fiiffiififid’ig�*jfl? %95.1 are going to hearfrom you are going to hearfrom crystal lake scale from our directors office are on more specific shortly on more specific information. still a lot of outreach regarding... studio: that is the mayor of a press philadelphia holding a press conference there in
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pablladaelphiaushe is the pahlladaelphiaushe is the kind of support is made that is being roads available? '* " ”r' f ”r r "* people after that is lasing roads availabls '* " ”r' f ”r r "f people after that plane crashed medical transport plane crashed into several in jnto several buildings in on friday philadelphia on friday night. it killed all six people on board and at least another on the ground who was in person on the ground who was in car at the time. let's return to we know the prime minister of justin trudeau, has he? 5 7 " trait? ' ' " thezwhlretaliatefiz " "iié’vifii hisiigiééh’d said he will retaliate and impose 25% tariffs on us goods imoose 25% tariffs on us goods .. canada after donald announced he was doin trump announced he was doing the due to come in on the reverse, due to come in on we can speak to grover. vgrover. she is a sabrina grover. she is a canadian liberal strategist. you very much for thank a s“ "ch for ioinin: .. "7 ~ . .. how thank a s“ "ch for iainin: —— ~— ~ — —— how wise thank a s“ "ch for ioinin: .. "7 ~ . .. how wise is it forjustin us. how wise is it forjustin trudeau to reallocate in this
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us. how wise is it forjustin trude you > reallocate in this us. how wise is it forjustin trude you have locate in this us. how wise is it forjustin trude you have seen: in this us. how wise is it forjustin trude you have seen a n this us. how wise is it forjustin trude you have seen a broad base way? you have seen a broad base of support for those tariffs across bipartisan lines in canada. at the end of the day, this is not a single unitary it's 7 7 it's also 7 7 it's also something? spat. it's also something canada has experienced, having to renegotiate the nafta in 7 in canada has agreement in 2016. canada has to strong and we cannot to be strong and we cannot take a line. a falteringline. diplomacy worked. we need to make hasn't worked. we need to make sure that in order �*these sure that in order for these tariffs to be impactful that have to hurt the americans. where will it i there is a number of they will hurt places they will hurt americans. most predominantly fifiitiafis fifi? etidfifi'fiafifl? right away you are going and right away you are going to see impacts the auto sector. gee impacts in the auto sector. will significant impacts we will see significant impacts in lumber f’i j which is
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experienced covid. andrsignificant during covid. and significant impact in will impact in energy. people will feel this at the pump and americans are going feel it americans are going to feel it directly in their pockets. it won't be a slow trickle, it won't be a slow trickle, it won't be a slow trickle, it won't be something thatjust affects corporations, will affects corporations, it will affects corporations, it will affect americans. affects corporations, it will - affect americans. directly affect americans. the issue of oil, _ directly affect americans. the issue of oil, then, _ directly affect americans. the issue of oil, then, is - directly affect americans. the issue of oil, then, is surely going to be important to donald trump at some point in all of this. us than 60% �* its than 60% �*its from more than 60% of its oil from that the stats from canada, that the stats from last year. canada, that the stats from last year-— canada, that the stats from last year. ?7?% im ortant about “st year-g i important about how - “st year-g i important about how we | last new; :: i important about how we view is im porta rat a bout howweview oil is importantabout howweview oil in " "sad" ' 7 t t 7 andzespzecially for n 7 h 7 states, states, is that 7 states, is that it states, is that it isn't energy, is that it isn't energy independence for zit . it "b?” ' 7 zit be about 7 "wiritrifi tbeaboutenergy 7 them, it should be about energy security. what canada them, it should be about energy se the :y. what canada them, it should be about energy se the us alhat canada them, it should be about energy se the us is at canada them, it should be about energy se the us is thatinada them, it should be about energy se the us is that energy oil and as isn't security. oil and gas isn't apples to apples. what the us can cannot be refined w ' ”whichiswhyh which is why they in the us, which is why they currently don't have a cumsfltlti don�*t hass’a " ' programme significant refinery programme for their own crude oil, and that's why they import from
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canada. it makes life canada. it also makes life cheaper for �* consumers, americans. this for americans. this is something that we have been. trading partners close trading partners and close trading partners and close allies for so long. close allies for for so long. be hit. it'll be a detrimental hit. it's also not a one—for—one it's also notja one—for—one cannotjust exchange. americans cannot just replace exchange. americans cannotjust replace canadian oil , or replace canadian oil quickly or with their own. replace canadian oil quickly or - with their own.- justin: justinztrudeau's approach mightjustin trudeau's approach to this tit—for—tat on tariffs affect his liberal party's in 7 inthei h ' in the'fiederal prospects in the federal elections coming up later in year? elections coming up later in ear? ~ ., ., elections coming up later in ear? ., ., ., ., the olls where the year?�* - the polls where the - haven't been strong liberals haven't been strong last 12 months. i over the last 1.2 mouthssl l... .. 7. one over the last lzmonthssl l ,,. ,. a. , one of things over the last lzmonthssl l ,,. ,. l. , one of things that, think one of the things that. know, the prime minister's you know, the prime minister's has shown to canadians is that the liberal party is serious about to the serious about responding to the united states' threat and to defend canadian business interest. i think that bodes well for the party well for the liberal party contenders. you have seen all of the really come of the contenders really come to this with an extremely serious mindset and at the end
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of the day it changes the ballot question that people will be asked in an election. thank very much. marco rubio, on his first visit as the us of is with 7 is with talks state, is in panama with talks with its president at all with its president and at all vital canal linking the the vital canal linking the pacific and atlantic to take back the canal, with military force over the waterway. of donald trump and marco rubio. john feeley. john f you y. john fyou very much for us. we aren't to get conference, i
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press—conferences?! understand. would be unusual. how which would be unusual. how and in what form could us us actually take back the the us actually take back the panam ..-, the us actually take back the panam ..-- ,, ., , panama canal? the united states could _ take _ panama canal? the united states could _ take back - canal. j the powerful military. the us panama once before. panama onceibefore. but invaded panama once before. but that not going to happen. i that is not going to happen. i think what you have 7 what we will find out and what we will find out whenever there are readouts from meeting gress readouts from the meeting that now diplomacy enters is that now diplomacy enters into the game. and it is extremely important. i do have an immediate from sources an immediate word from sources that rubio and the of panama actually president of panama actually had an unscheduled one aside during meeting. pull aside during the'meeting. is extremely unusual, as that is extremely unusual. as the fact there no conference. so we are press conference. so we are a lot of things that
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”tani; " "75a iii? " tflfii’fif’ administration will do diplomacy very highly personal estate, very transactional, but same time we are seeing atthesametimeweare seeing tactics of dialogue some tried tactics of dialogue and diplomacy to work out what president has said. —— very personalised. claim from 7 claim from'donald claim from? donald trump the 7 the chinese have taken �* the �*the canal, �* the canal, that �*the canal, that they have much influence? too much influence? none whatsoever. _ too much influence? none whatsoever. there - too much influence? none whatsoever. there are - too much influence? none whatsoever. there are no | soldiers patrolling =:: the chinese, 7 the chinese, whether a canal. the chinese, whether a private port operating company, sizzzzz �*the government 5 �*the government is j or the chinese government is not operating the canal. but there is concern within the administration and is trump administration and it is friendly something that i commercial share, that chinese commercial influence, which we know is dual use, could in fact get to a point where... and their argument is in fact this, where the neutrality treaties have been panama by
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been broken by panama by the chinese to allowing the: shinsss ts personally do attswing the shinese ts personally do not operate. i personally do not accept that but is their accept that but that is theirs”. and that is of argument and that is one of the i think, will be paints. lthinis. they win; fww~ on points. lthinis. they wilt'be' " on both sides. 77 outsz hopefully outside of social media experts on both media with the experts on both sides. but the canal is run by sides. but the canal is run by "”**""*’*""*”" and sides. but the canal is run by ' " ' ” " and quite efficiently by pa na maand go he efficiently by panama canal gpa na maand go he efficiently by panama canal authority the panamacaoal. authority is. really the panamacaoalauthority is. really no chinese there really is no chinese control of the canal. tote there really is no chinese control of the canal. we must wind back _ control of the canal. we must wind back a little _ control of the canal. we must wind back a little bit - control of the canal. we must wind back a little bit to - wind back a little bit to december 2017 which is when you hand it in your resignation as the united states ambassador to panama. this wasn't directly to pa nama; thisaa�*asn't directly to with panamacthisisasn't directly to with panama, was it, it was do with panama, was it, it was to do ., difference of to do with a difference of opinion with donald on opinion with donald trump on another matter. briefly another matter. explain briefly if you would so we are all clear. . clear. sure. i never had to deal with _ clear. sure. i never had to deal with this _ = trump in the first it once in a term did raise it once in a meeting with former
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7 injune : ' injune 5017. he 7 injune 2017. he was president injune 2017. he was mostly upset. he didn't even mention he was upset mention china. he was upset that us vessels to go that us naval vessels had to go through the canal and pay for through the canal and bay for they pay through the canat and bay for they pay a tiny amount. it it. they pay a tiny amount. it amounts million over 2a my personal decision to years. my personal decision to resign from my career position, was not a political i worked for 27 a i worked for 27 a career ked for 27 a career foreign 27 years asa career foreign officer, years asa careerforeign officer, but my came from decision came from very personal ones. i didn't agree donald trump's with donald trump's rhetoric. i a-ree 77_ 7 77_ agree with many of the didn't agree with many of the jingoistic ways in which he jingoistic ways in—which he the world. i approached the world. i disagreed with fundamentally disagreed with his disrespect for alliances and strength through and american strength through alliance. but culminating alliance. but the culminating point came in august 2017. your pmntcan�*er'q-agos�* fs�*qi.7. your not recall, pmntcanaeraq-agos�* fs�*q1..7. your not recall, but listeners may not recall, but
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there was a rally of neo—nazis in charlottesville, virginia. a in tharlr�*tteisdle swans a woman was in tharlfiftsisdls swans a woman was killed a pesi'es’s'éeit" w a professed neo—nazi who ran over 2 over h .. .h.e .............-- . " 'h’..h.;.'g’hr ' " ' " rhethoughtrabo’ut" ' if ' w 7h; thoughtabout'it, " ' trump there donald trump then said there were fine people on both sides. i knew at that point my values his values and i weren't his values and i was about to _ about to resign. thank you. let's go _ about to resign. thank you. let's go back _ about to resign. thank you. let's go back to _ about to resign. thank you. let's go back to where - about to resign. thank you. let's go back to where we l about to resign. thank you. l let's go back to where we are at the moment if that isn't a contradiction in terms. how panama try to navigate might panama try to navigate this issue over the canal? intended. pun intended. chuckles pun intended. ch uckles ., ~ chuckles nothing taken. i think right _ chuckles nothing taken. i think right now- chuckles nothing taken. i think right now what - chuckles nothing taken. j i think right now what you chuckles nothing taken. - i think right now what you are to see... i have no going to see... i have no readout from the but readout from the meeting but what almost certain that issues were discussed. host of issues were discussed. crime panama and drganised crimein’f’a nama and region, gary drganised crimeainafanama and region, gary and garganised crimeainafanama and region, gary and gap, mi - ration, tand chinese canal and chinese economic expansion. perhaps there were
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canal and chinese economic expan: that perhaps there were canal and chinese economic expan: that had iaps there were canal and chinese economic expan: that had to 5 there were canal and chinese economic expan: that had to do 1ere were canal and chinese economic expan: that had to do with were canal and chinese economic expan: that had to do with the e "i’h'snie’ianaw department of homeland security its activities there. e—z i think is wisely and i have to say that; and i have to say thatfl mm really do tip my hat to the president in the that made the proper has made the proper statements about the his domestic iiis domestic audience. but for his domestic audience. but he recognises, and he said this publicly, i'm repeating his words, that the united states remains panama's primary partner. not 77|d° . ”�*.'.i."h..."' " ' china. i do not think this necessarily means that he is to break relations with te.— 52-— but i think that t t but i think that perhaps if he is able to thread—then . . . ~ and this will a skilful �*skilful diplomacy, a lot lot of skilful diplomacy, a lot of... if he's able to thread the needle and meet marco rubio and his team and the of? us they might ' of? us they might be team of the us they might be able to diffuse this such as to
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point where this exaggerated motion rest this exaggerated motion that the united states is going that the united states is c'u�*e ~ ~ : ~: ~ : :: take back that the united statee is can: ~ .. . —~ —— . ., take back canal. when to take back the canal. when people hear that they go to the corner of the t corner of the room and darkest corner of the room and think, oh no, another invasion. i don't think that happen. i hope that both will happen. i hope that both sides, and i hope that marco rubio able to i rubio isabletcrdo what! know can do, rubio isabletoado what! know can do, because he has got he can do, because he has got a lot of experience in the region, and he is an list. he is an institutionalist. much for your time. imposition of tariffs and warned that it too would european exports. a spokesman said such a move would be inflationary. the german chancellor olaf scholz said everybody
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tomorrow sir keir is meeting more eu leaders. he said he looked forward to a reset in relations with europe, qatar says there's no clear plan for the start of negotiations on the next phase of the gaza prime minister sheikh mohammed bin abdulrahman al thani to prepare for the talks. of the rafah border crossing. at gaza's nasser hospital some of the youngest victims of the conflict arrive.
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recovered her sight, says ahmed, i'll be the happiest person in the world. gaza's opening with egypt. it has seen a pause in the fighting and allowed reunions like this. serving long sentences, others never charged with a crime, released from israeli jails. to negotiate. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on his way it's expected he will set
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out israel's position victory over hamas, achieving the release of all our hostages, and dealing with the iranian terror axis and all its components. as the children and their carers approach the border, as it stands there is no public plan for when the thousands who still need medical treatment will be able to get out of gaza. joe inwood, bbc news. in the album of the year
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category, which swift this week artists including dr dre and billie eilish were among a star—studded line—up at two benefit billy crystal, who lost his home in the palisades fire, said la will recover. despite the doubts over whether the grammys justified its decision to go on saying the evening will also there will still be the coveted awards up for grabs, win an award for best album, as the most nominated artist out on this accolade.
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was there a chance they might not have gone ahead yeah, and a lot of events leading up to the grammys have so it is going ahead. some big names. eilish, chappell roan, sabrina carpenter, we have legends like stevie wonder, cynthia erivo, who you might know from wicked, will be there. if you are performing it doesn't mean you can't win. on website, there is about the
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article about the grammy awards. all eyes on beyonce. but it will turn a lot colder again with some frost and fog we've had a weak weather front crossing england and wales front, but where skies are clear, again across the far south—east, it could be chilly with a touch of frost but less stronger winds for scotland and northern ireland, quite a blustery day
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here with gales across the grey in the south—east, lighter winds here than what we will have further north and west. double figure values for most. because more breeze, more cloud and more outbreaks i don't think any problems with frost. tuesday itself sees that weather front continue and west of the country. but here we'll see scattered
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showers, and with the colder then it's all change, wednesday we start to see this that'll last throughout the end of the week. and we'll be tapping into some much colder air from the near continent. even as we head into the weekend, it will be of a wintry nature. but you can see despite it turning colder there 1669 00:29:24,046 --> 00:29:31
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