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u.s. states, dumping inches of snow and causing treacherous conditions. in washington, congress certifies donald trump's victory in november's presidential election. ♪ welcome to world news america. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is resigning as leader of canada's governing liberal party, saying he will step down as prime minister once his party finds a replacement. this comes after pressure from within his own party following recent defeats of local elections and the looming threat of tariffs on canadian imports under the incoming trump administration. it will end his nine year term as one of canada's longest-serving prime ministers. p.m. trudeau: as you all know, i am a fighter. every bone in my body has always told me to fight because i care deeply about canadians, i care deeply about this country, and i

will always be motivated by what is in the best interest of canadians. and the fact is, despite best efforts to work through it, parliament has been paralyzed for months after what has been the longest session of a minority parliament in canadian history. that's why this morning, i advised the governor general that we need a new session of parliament. i intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide competitive process. last night, i asked the president of the liberal party to begin that process. anchor: trudeau says canada's government will be suspended until a new leader is chosen. it is expected to resume in march. when asked about regrets, trudeau noted his failure to

introduce reform. he says the vision for -- is not right for canadians. a possible contender to succeed trudeau, former premier of british columbia, christy clark. she also responded on social media, writing, this is the biggest opportunity we have had to grow the party and welcome new liberals, including canadians concerned about the future of our country. let's sees it. and a spokesperson says trudeau had been a stalwart of the united states, and washington will stand with canada and its people as they pick a new leader. canadian opposition leader criticized his decision to resign in a video released by the conservative party. >> while leader lish liberals -- leaderless liberals focus on saving their jobs, the country spirals out of control, an out-of-control housing emergency, migrant crisis, 62 billion dollar deficit, not to mention tariff threats from the

united states. they continued supporting trudeau when he did all those things. no, their only objection is he is no longer popular enough to win an election and keep them in power. they want to protect their pensions and paycheck by sweeping their leader under the rug months before an election to trick you, and then do it all over again. anchor: our correspondent is standing by for us in ottawa. good to see you. give us an idea of what the reaction has been to justin trudeau's announcement. correspondent: there is no doubting just how big a crisis this is for mr. trudeau's liberal party after nine years in power. there is a sense of tiredness, and it is facing opinion polls that are some of the worst in its history. a short while ago, i was just outside the prime minister's office a little way up the road

from parliament here. there was a small crowd of protesters cheering and dancing to the song "nah nah, hey hey, goodbye." that is to be expected, of course. there is a sense of something of the inevitable about this. whatever a political crisis this is, it also leaves canada with something of a strategic crisis. at the helm, a lame-duck prime minister. no sitting legislature just as donald trump takes office, promising a major trade war. anchor: where do things go from here then? correspondent: as you have been explaining, one way or another, canada has to hold an election by october. at the heart of all this, some observers suggest some of the same forces shaping politics

elsewhere in the world, rising populism, cost-of-living crisis, rising concern about levels of immigration, all of those things are at play. there will be criticism within mr. trudeau's own party about just how long he took to see the writing on the wall, leaving his colleagues very little room in the run-up to that election to get their house in order. the stage is almost certainly set, as you have been explaining, for a return to power of the conservatives. pierre po -- the man some see as canadian from, though slightly more polite and the way he frames things, but nonetheless canada looking at the very different political future this year. anchor: thank you very much. and now to talk more about canada's political crisis, we have washington correspondent for cbc news richard madden. thank you for joining us in the

studio. why do you think we saw justin trudeau make this decision now? guest: i think he passed his best before date. the political crisis had been going back may be a year or two years ago, but he really felt eggged on by his inner circle that he was the guy to lead this party into a fourth term. but if you look at benchmarks that provided clues of the canadians' anger and his inability to control his own caucus, you could go back to before the pandemic. his handling of the pandemic divided the party, just like we saw with other progressive incumbent governments around the world, the u.k., france, think of what happened here in the united states. it is a tough time to be an incumbent. but trudeau's brand also started wearing thin. i covered his election in 2015. he was this young progressive guy, the champion of the environment. he wore cool socks. she was a feminist.

and he captured the mood of canadians after nine years of a previous conservative prime minister who was fairly boring with a steady hand. she rocketed up from third-place to winning this majority election, he was the toast of the liberal world, he was on the cover of rolling stone, and his brand of politics captured the liberal order. but like every political leader, there is a best before date, and he managed to hang in there. there was a scandal during the 2019 election of him wearing black face, and that really went against his progressive values. his family went to india. he was criticized by the leadership of india of pretending it was a costume party. there were other domestic scandals. it appears his demeanor came across from refreshing to possibly arrogant and tone deaf. this is according to some mp's who have discussed frustration with him. there is also the feeling that

as he continued his grip on power, it felt like a high school. he was a popular kid. if you are not in the in crowd, you are out, and that frustrated other mp's as well. he talked about being a feminist, but many of the members he fired were women. at the end of the day, nine years in power is a long time in canadian politics. anchor: who could replace him at the top of the party? guest: his former finance minister chrystia freeland, when she quit the day she was supposed to deliver her budget, that would be like vice president kamala harris quitting on joe biden the day he delivered the state of the union and trashing him on the way out the door. that was possibly the final straw that broke the camels back for trudeau's grip on the party. i would keep my eye on chrystia freeland. the challenge she has is she also carries trudeau's baggage. you also have christy clark.

she might have name recognition. i don't know if she has the infrastructure or broad popularity to lead the party. there is the former chancellor of the exchequer mark carney, the previous former bank of canada governor. he is on the more intellectual side of the liberal party. he might be someone to watch for. but at this point, the liberals are at least 20 points back, and that is a pretty tough slog to bounceback. anchor: let me ask you, how much did the threat from donald trump to impose these high tariffs on canada, how much of a role did that play in all of this? guest: i think it hurt him significantly. he was already facing a leadership crisis leading up to this. but when he went down to mar-a-lago to meet donald trump to talk about tariffs, that meeting did not go well. he returned back to canada and that is where you saw trump posting those mocking tones, demoting trudeau from

prime minister to governor, saying canada should be the 51st state. there is a real sense that trudeau is not taken seriously. the same week trump announced those tariffs, the president of mexico shot back at trump, saying, this isn't happening. trump didn't say anything to her but he relentlessly mocked trudeau. in the right wing conservative media ecosystem, trump starts mocking trudeau, tweeting him, that is a bag signal -- a bad signal. and the attacks were relentless and they kept hitting trudeau. anchor: really interesting perspective. thank you for joining us tonight. around 60 million americans are under severe weather alerts as a winter storm sweeps through the east coast, bringing heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. as many as five deaths have reportedly been connected to the dangerous storm. seven states, including kentucky, virginia, maryland, and kansas have declared a state of emergency.

in kansas, authorities have closed two major interstate highways. the storm has disrupted flight travel across the northeast due to heavy snowfall. the national weather service says isolated areas could see over a foot of snowfall in d.c. a polar vortex is causing the weather as it shifts further south than usual. our correspondent is looking at all of this. give us a sense of what has been going on today. correspondent: here in washington, d.c., the snow has continued to fall throughout the day, but it has been nowhere near as badly affected as kansas and missouri, where they have seen up to 16 inches of snow and blizzard like conditions. now as you said, this storm has turned deadly. at least five people have reportedly died due to this storm as a result of some of the road traffic accidents. one of those fatalities was in

missouri, where a pedestrian was killed after a lorry was trying to slow down to drop somebody off and slid across the roadway. in texas, we heard of one man reportedly found dead outside a bus shelter due to adverse conditions. officials have continued to state to people to stay inside and stay away, if at all possible, to not travel as well. anchor: and these snowy conditions, this cold snap is expected to continue as well. correspondent: it is. it is expected to continue, and even when it stops snowing, the weather forecasters are saying it could bring a cold chill. they are expecting a storm to begin friday or saturday, and they are keeping an eye on that. elsewhere, travel has been severely disrupted. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed. the national weather service have also said the roads are treacherous. they are saying the conditions on the roads are near impossible to drive on, so they have asked

drivers to stay away from those roads. we have also heard that at least 230,000 people have been affected by power outages in five states. it is having a real knock on effect on businesses and homes across the country. anchor: give us a sense of what things have been like in d.c. today with unexpected snowfall to the extent we have seen. correspondent: public schools in d.c. have been closed today, so it has been a welcomed change for a lot of kids who have had a free snow day and have been down at a snowball fight, which is an annual tradition they do every year. people have been making the most of their day off. elsewhere, lawmakers have been gathered in congress to certify the results of the presidential election because there is no such thing as a snow day in the u.s. constitution. anchor: marilyn thomas reporting, thank you so much. as we just heard, four years

after donald trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol in an attempt to challenge the certification of his 2020 election loss, members of congress meant to certify his victory. there was heavy security here in washington, including 500 members of the national guard on standby. but this year, the ritual was performed peacefully. more than 1000 january 6 rioters have been sentenced and hundreds have served prison sentences. donald trump promised to pardon some of them when he takes office, calling them political prisoners. cbs news commissioned a poll that suggests while the majority of americans would disapprove of such a pardon, most republicans would support it. much of the anger from trump supporters that day was directed at mike pence, who was then vice president, as he was to certify the election result. today, mike pence said he welcomed the return of order and stability to these historic proceedings. he congratulated donald trump and said it was particularly admirable that vice president kamala harris would preside over the certification of a presidential election that she lost.

vp harris: the votes for president of the united states are as follows. donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 312 votes. [cheers and applause] kamala d. harris of the state of california has received 226 votes. [cheers and applause] anchor: now to the middle east. israel says hamas has not given any details about the status of the hostages it claims it is ready to release in the first phase of a potential deal. a senior hamas official showed the bbc a list of hostages who he says the group is willing to

release, which include all the women, children, elderly, and sick captives. but it is unclear how many of them are alive. this comes as negotiators from both sides have been holding indirect talks in qatar. meanwhile, a police officer is among three israelis who have been shot dead in the occupied west bank. seven others were injured in the attack. the israel defense forces say gunmen opened fire at a bus and another vehicle. it added it was pursuing the attackers who they believed to be affiliated with the palestinian islamic jihad. there has been increased violence in the west bank since the start of the war in gaza 15 months ago. our correspondent jonah fisher has the latest, first on the reaction in israel to this hostage list being released. correspondent:correspondent: it has been a pretty angry reaction to the publication of this list of 34 hostages, which hamas presented as being the 34 names that would be released as part of any cease-fire agreement with israel.

what israel has said is effectively these 34 names are nothing new, it is simply a list which israel itself wrote and presented to mediators in july of last year, and they have pointed out that that list does not actually provide any information as to the status of the hostages on that list. crucially, whether they are indeed alive or not. some of the names on that list, two of the children for example, hamas has claimed in the past that they have been killed by israeli airstrikes. the israeli government is very much stressing the position that they think this is effectively unmoved by hamas to try -- a move by hamas to try to put pressure on the israeli government to come up with a deal in the talks which are taking place at the moment in doha. israel is in the process of negotiating there with a

mediation team to try and achieve a cease-fire and a release of some of the hostages. the hostages group here in israel has also put out a statement saying they are deeply shaken and distressed by the list published this morning, and they have urged that this is a time for a comprehensive agreement that will bring back all of the hostages. separate to that, this morning, there was an attack on several vehicles in the west bank. three israelis were killed. eight were injured when gunmen opened fire as a car, several vehicles were driving through a part of the northern west bank. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has released a statement vowing to bring to justice what he called the apartment, murderous -- the abhorrent, murderous, and saying they will not get away. anchor: we have breaking news to

bring you from new york, where a judge has denied a bid from donald trump's lawyers to delay the sentencing in his hush money case. this means the sentencing is slated to take place this friday. let judge -- but judgment one marchand said he would not sentence a president elect a prison time. he did rule that the conviction on charges of falsifying business records still stands. that is a judge ruling. earlier monday, the president elect's lawyers had filed an appeal in new york to overturn two recent rulings from this judge that upheld the conviction. they urged the judge to postpone the sentencing. remember, donald trump said to be ushered back into that -- set to be ushered back into the white house on january 20. that is the latest on that case. we will bring you updates as they come into us. in the final days of his presidency, joe biden has announced a ban on new offshore

oil and gas drilling on large stretches of america's coastal waters. he says he wants to protect these areas for the country's children and grandchildren. donald trump has vowed to revoke the band immediately, but as michelle fleury explains, the protections are difficult for future presidents to override. correspondent: the band which prevents oil companies from leasing land off the coast is an attempt to protect joe biden's climate legacy from president-elect donald trump, whose phase "drill, baby, drill" became a common chant at his rallies, and who has downplayed the effects of climate change. trump has not commented directly on the move, but his spokesperson called it disgraceful. experts believe the decree and the act will be hard to undo. the trump administration would need congress to help change the law, which date backs -- dates back to 1950. environmentalists have welcomed the move. oceania ascribed to as an epic

victory, saying that the -- while in office, donald trump in 2020 announced his own decade-long ban of drilling off the coast of florida and south carolina. while the decision does not impact the industry's current plans, the chairman of the independent petroleum association called it a major attack on the oil and natural gas industry. the american petroleum institute is urging policymakers to use every tool at their disposal to reverse what they say is a politically motivated decision. anchor: let's take a look at some other headlines from around the world now. the u.s. government is being sued for blocking a 15 billion dollar merger. the japanese firm and its u.s. counterpart claim president biden blocked the deal on purely

political grounds. the merger would see nippon take advantage of a u.s. giant in decline. but it attracted bipartisan criticism in the u.s., and biden cited national security concerns. tribute to ongoing for the late former president jimmy carter. monday, his casket lies in repose at the jimmy carter presidential library and museum. the u.s. will hold a national day morning on thursday as the funeral will be held at the national cathedral. he died at 100 years old. donald trump, jr. is set to visit greenland as his father has renewed pressure on denmark to sell the territory to the united states. a source familiar with his plans told cbs news he is taking a day trip to film a podcast and has no meetings scheduled with political figures. denmark has repeatedly said the island is not for sale. but the country's opposition party has reportedly indicated it may not be against discussing the idea. austria's president has asked

the country's far-right leader to form a coalition government and move into a reversal for a former green party leader who has criticized the party. the pentagon reached a settlement with more than 35,000 lgbtq veterans dismissed from the military for their sexual orientation. it allows veterans to have their discharge papers corrected to remove references to their sexuality. advocates say the move is a vital step toward restoring dignity and access to benefits. pope francis has appointed the first woman ever to lead a major vatican department. an italian none will lead a department response will for all the religious orders. the pope appointed a san diego cardinal is the new archbishop of washington, d.c. he is an open critic of donald

trump. before we go, some of washington, d.c.'s newest residents had quite the day frolicking in the snow. they arrived in the u.s. from china late last year and now live at the national zoo. you can see them running around and playing in the snow while enjoying some bamboo shoots. the pandas marked the return of the bears to the nation's capital after the previous bears went back to china in 2023. they will make their debut to the public on january 24. ♪ thank you for watching world news america. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation,

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♪ amna: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on the "newshour" tonight, with vice president harris presiding, congress formally certifies donald trump's election victory, under the long shadow of the capitol riot four years ago today. amna: canada's prime minister justin trudeau announces he's resigning, amid mounting public disapproval.