but when the bombshell hit and christopher freeland step down in uh, in december about 3 weeks ago, all the wheels seemed to came off the liberal bus. and at that moment, i think the guy was cast. and it will, he, he, it just became untenable for him to stay on as leader the calls became louder from within his own party. and so he gave us the holidays to think about it. but to day came out and, and announced what many people were expecting that he had to resign because after christopher freeland laughed, it just seems like he just could not hang on any longer. so let's say the wheels have rolled off the bus and rolled into the bushes the decision is made. now it's made. is that decision being sold as the the novel thing to do? i, what joe barton wouldn't do soon enough for the democrats in the us. i ordered some say this was him leaving his party in the time of need. oh no, i think i'm not leaving in the time of the definitely time to go. don't let the door hit you on your way out, buddy. but what they are saying, what they're critical of is that he's left. it's so late because of all t

last month, when he tried to remote his then finance minister and long time allied, christie, a freeland, she resigned instead of accusing the prime minister, pursuing political gimmicks browser. and it kind of does best interest a criticism, a 100 more. i mean, nation to treat those opponents in his own policy who have been pointing to months of polls showing the liberals on calls for a crushing defeat in upcoming elections for you love those any way with all 3 of position parties already promising to topple. true, does minority administration, when parliament returned from its christmas break news of his resignation, came as no surprise, you know, to a forklift wavering. it wasn't by themselves. i feel bad, but on the other hand, we need to move forward. i mean, literally the never, i guess, i think you probably like you should have resigned over a year ago. it was the right thing, but i wish you just called it will actually that is like i would have and that would've been the better choice. the canadians will now have to wait for a little longer for those elections parliament to set t

office finance minister across the freeland. she accused him of using costly gimmicks to appease both is just to ensure that it has been almost a decade and is the son of a former canadian prime minister? yeah. showed you guys a pallet in 2015 on a wait list. often obviously it used to be useful energy. these policies on come back to in climate change, all sort of the openness of the values that i have. let's get more from john this that lucy, if i'm old and bonnet friend who joins us from the canadian capital altima, a welcome to dw, and they say at last month, very public. following up with the finance minister marked a low point of to those to me, but he's popular as we have been folding before that different by want as well. and that doesn't. that's like probably a really great place to start because as you say 2015, he could not have been more popular. he was popular, not only in canada, but around the world. he was a bit of a celebrity prime minister. but since the pandemic economic issues have really been wreaking havoc o

there's also the, the finance minister who replaced christoph freeland. that's dominic leblanc and more carney of the central bank are famous for helping both the bank of canada and bank of england. but in terms of who will be dealing with trump, at least in the 1st few weeks of the trump administration, that will continue to be throw himself at least until parliament resumes on march 24th. okay, so it's about to janelle, i dw cusp on the janell team alone in washington dc. take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world was talking south korea where unto corruption, investigate just a 2nd to extend an arrest, one for impeached presence or you. and so if you all still have expired. on monday, the investigator has failed to take him into custody from the we have stand off with the president security service a whole month french president nicholas suck. jose has gone on trial in paris of alleged abrupt deal with the full but libyan leader, mobile good. that fee charges include passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment

other potential candidates include christie of freeland and dominic leblanc. trudeau will remain as prime minister until a new leader is selected one parliament -- with parliament suspended until march 24 while the process is underway. >> i have always been driven by my love for canada, by my desire to serve canadians and what is in the best interest of canadians and canadians deserve a real choice in the next election and it's become obvious to me with the internal battles that i cannot be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election. >> for more on this let's bring in bloomberg executive editor derek. the speculation had been there for a long time that trudeau would ultimately be forced to step down. we are at the point now where we are thinking about who replaces the canadian prime minister. who is most likely to step into the breach? >> the biggest names are obviously mark carney, the former governor of the bank of england, the former governor of the bank of canada, a man with a big reputation around economic issues and the other big name i

there's also the, the finance minister who replaced christo, freeland, that's dominic leblanc and more carney, the central bank are famous for helping both the bank of canada and bank of england . but in terms of who will be dealing with trump, a lease in the 1st few weeks at the trump administration, that will continue to throw himself at least until parliament resumes on march 24th . okay, thanks about janelle, i did have a customer on a janelle to allow a washington dc to austria, where the far right freedom party has been asked to form a government as follows. the collapse of coalition talks between centrists, the countries president. i was on to find the balance has passed the leader of the far right freedom party, habit kiko with forming a new government, if he's successful officer would have its 1st fall. right. and that governments, since world war 2 these protest at that. and we were the believe would change the course of the country's future. soon the far right feet the body could lead the government. its leader heard particularly now has the job to fund a new government. a d

this is probably a critical advantage that freeland has over everybody.otiations. who do you think is in the front running to replace him as the leader of the liberal party? the leader of the liberal pa ? ., , the leader of the liberal pa ? . , . the leader of the liberal pa ? . ,. party? that is an inscrutable situation but _ party? that is an inscrutable situation but there _ party? that is an inscrutable situation but there have - party? that is an inscrutable | situation but there have been party? that is an inscrutable i situation but there have been a few early polls with hypothetical leaders and she does the best. i think that is premature, though. we don't know what the full field of candidates is, we haven't seen any of them campaigning and in fact we don't quite know what the rules are. there are some barebones rules governing the liberal leadership but the national executive may modify them given the pressure of the situation. ., ~' , ., , them given the pressure of the situation. ., ~ , ., , . situation. thank you very much for our situation.

chris you -- freeland took out the prime minister and she is sitting in the wings and i think it's veryshe will make a run for the leadership race. i have not been told that specifically by anybody around her, but she's absolutely someone to watch. another person to watch is mark carney, so when he was trying to bring into his government. viewers probably know him as the central bank governors of england and canada, just a very long time prominent figure who has talked about running for politics someday. scarlet: full disclosure, he is the chair of bloomberg inc. as well. polling indicates the conservatives are out polling the liberals regardless of who might be the next leader. this is all kind of a shuffling of personnel without much to show for it in the end. >> we will see. at the moment the liberals looked at in the water. they are way behind in the polls and it looks likely that the conservative party would win the next election. but once you take trudeau out of the equation, it's hard to predict. scarlet: really appreciate you joining us on this developing and fast story. i'm sca

, his finance minister, clearly— freeland, his finance minister, clearly had a different view, she hasew, she has a huge amount of respect, _ she has a huge amount of respect, and when she resigned, that was— respect, and when she resigned, that was a — respect, and when she resigned, that was a final moment in the lead _ that was a final moment in the lead up — that was a final moment in the lead up to— that was a final moment in the lead up to what is a very significant decision and a very difficult — significant decision and a very difficult time.— difficult time. four weeks, donald trump _ difficult time. four weeks, donald trump had - difficult time. four weeks, donald trump had been i difficult time. four weeks, - donald trump had been trolling justin trudeau, threatening him with that 25% tariff but he's not the only target, for weeks now, elon musk, part of the incoming administration has been trolling the british prime minister. in their interest in tommy robinson, not interested in justice, their supporting men who went to prison for nearly collapsing a grooming case, a gang

his deputy prime minister who acted as finance minister, cynthia freeland stepped down in a position to his handling or mishandling, let's say, of donald trump's victory and the followup of that. now donald trump famously said that after he comes in office he will impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from canada as well as other countries. then he appeared to take a jab at trudeau by calling canada the 51st state of the united states and apparently ridiculed trudeau, calling him the governor of the great state of canada. all of this while trudeau was thanking donald trump for inviting him for dinner at mar-a-lago and looking forward to and saying that he was looking forward to cooperate with him in the future. so the elections are scheduled to take place in october. the frontrunners are the former finance minister, the one i mentioned who resigned. cynthia freeland, the current finance minister, dominick leblanc. >> claudio, thank you. >>> the u.s. has recorded its first human death from bird flu. the patient with underlying medical conditions was hospitalized in louisiana last mont

i would keep my eye on chrystia freeland.enge 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 g

last month, his deputy finance minister, chrystia freeland, resigned, and they are ill prepared to dealchallenges posed by donald trump. the opposite -- opposition party threatened a motion of no-confidence once parliament resumed. so there will now be a massive scramble to replace him. in response, the conservative leader, pierre parliet, said they have kept him in party for too long --power for too long. >> while liberals focus on saving their jobs and fighting each other, the country spiraled out of control, and out-of-control housing emergency, and out-of-control migrant crisis, out of control $62 billion deficit, not to mention terror threats from the arab states. oh, and another m.v.p. liberal carbon tax hike kicks in this april 1. everything is out of control, and now the government is out of control. christian: catherine mckenna served in the trudeau cabinet as minister for environment on climate change. she joins us. thank you for being with us. you were one of the first to call on trudeau to go. what did you think had gone so badly wrong? ms. mckenna: well, look, it was not be

this is probably a critical advantage that chrystia freeland has over everybody.r the last negotiations. who do you think is in the front running to replace him as the leader of the liberal party? that is an inscrutable situation but there have been a few early polls with hypothetical leaders and she does the best. i think that is premature, though. we don't know what the full field of candidates is, we haven't seen any of them campaigning and in fact we don't quite know what the rules are. there are some barebones rules governing the liberal leadership but the national executive may modify them given the pressure of the situation. four years after donald trump supporters stormed the us capitol in an attempt to overturn his election lost there was heavy security in washington as members of congress were set to announce the victory. the national guard was on standby but this year the ritual was performed peacefully. it is the role of the sitting vice president to certify the results of the election, meaning it was kamala harris that had to announce donald trump's v

and if it's christopher freeland, is it going to be even worse than justin? true that exactly 4 years ago, donald trump, supporters storm congress after you urge them to protest is 2020 election laws. some critics said, trump would never set southern capitol hill again, but he very much house members officially certified his 2024 election victory on monday. without a single objection, his historic return to power, so him survive assassination attempts and conflicts criminal cases. this is a back there visit victory for the american people that will allow us to make america great. again. 2020 full pool and think 3 and vindication for donald j. trump. a mine who had wrong so vengeance off to failing to stop this feel 4 years ago. and it didn't come easy because the powers that be, well, they threw everything out have because this, this was one political come back. they just have to kill donald trump is guilty on on all $34.00 criminal counts. 34 felonies 1st, major party candidate to run for office as a convicted felon who is a convicted criminal. trump became

and if it's christopher freeland, is it going to be even worse than justin? true. meanwhile, a criticism is mounting against canadian authorities for allowing an internationally designated terrorist group to host a so named is lubbock supremacy conference in the country. but his boot terrier organization has already been forced to change then use for its gathering following opposition, not federally but from mississippi. him or this very extreme group is moving on to another city for the january 18th conference on behalf of all the peaceful and respectful residents of mississauga. we are relieved in the city of mississauga strictly adheres to the following conditions of use when renting city facilities to any group or organization. the city will refuse access to groups exhibiting contempt or hatred in any form and can remove permits. should such behavior be reported as boot towed or is upon estimates group designated as a terrorist organization by russia, the u. k, germany, china, and most of the art of world, despite the group's goal to establish a global is

and if it's christopher freeland, is it going to be even worse than justin? true? davis. thank you for your time and your thoughts today as always, canadian lawyer, i'm the legal commentator, david fry. hi, live on the group. thank you. and the russian military is making fresh gains in dunbar. the defense ministry sees a number of settlements in the den, yet square public had been secured, including what had been a key ukrainian stronghold. moscow state's camp lost over 12 fellows and soldiers in the battle for that city, for they just released by the m o. d, and shows russian troops working the way through apartment blocks turn. ukrainian photo was in co doc of control. all of the supplements gives most of those forces direct road access to the republics borders and hinders kids. affility to shells done yet the city. while under you creating control, the area wasn't main, logistical central. heavily fortified with troops, sometimes so archie, corresponding vermont cost reds in the region, thought of the princess moving forward and wanting to see if you get off. yeah, thi

and if it's christopher freeland, is it going to be even worse than justin? true that facebook is taking a to a mazda you to and backpedaling on use of pro liberal sense to ship just ahead of trumps were tons of the white house. now logs i could, but i guess the one crying file is a close to it by the and under the bus came and he was just following washington's old is, i'll say is don't hold, cause it took us through the days house, a mark soccer berg went on joe rogan's podcasts to talk a lot of smack about his own company's fact checking program calling, it's something out of 1984. i mean, according to the sucker berg, he only made it that way because government spooks and the biden administration were forcing his hand, which is a pretty funny claim, considering just how gung ho, the ceo of meta was about censoring content for the longest time. up until only now, i mean, back in early 2023 when the twitter files were just were still making a news headlines. it was an established fact that the social media giants, including facebook, weren't going above and

mr trudeau's finance minister chrystia freeland resigned last month arguing trudeau's handling of donaldy us tariffs on canadian goods was insufficient. the cost of living with record high inflation — which has now fallen — and high housing prices have also contributed to trudeau's rising unpopularity in recent polls. mosha lander is senior lecturer of economics at concordia university. good to have you on bbc news. this was just a matter of time, wasn't it, really? you really have to go, don't you think? do not have to go, don't you think? dr? not think it is any different to any in the uk that after you get to nine years you start to run out of ideas and the people eventually turn against you. it is difficult to have that many majority governments and by the time he slipped to a minority, the writing is on the wall it is just a matter of when to pull the cord. isjust a matter of when to pull the cord.— isjust a matter of when to ull the cord. ., , ., :: pull the cord. last year, 2024, we had so _ pull the cord. last year, 2024, we had so many _ pull the cord. last year, 2024, we had so

freeland said you were firing her as your finance minister is the catalyst that brought us here today. can you explain of what happened there? prime minister trudeau: she has been by my side for close to 10 years now. she has been an incredible political partner through just about everything we have done as a government and as a party over the past decade. i had really hoped she would agree to continue as my deputy prime minister and take on one of the most important files that this country is facing, but she chose otherwise. in regards to what actually happened, i am not someone who is in the habit of sharing private conversations. [speaking french] she has been by my side for the past 10 years now. she has been a political partner, essential partner. she has been involved in almost everything that we have accomplished in government, i think. i would really have loved for her to choose to stay on as vice prime minister, deputy prime minister, rather, and she take on one of the most important files that our government will be facing in the coming months and years, but she didn't want

three weeks ago you were intending to stay and it seems that the event three weeks ago with miss freeland coming out saying you were firing her and her finance minister was a catalyst that brought us here today. so can you explain your side of what happened there? pm trudeau: she has been by my side for close to 10 years now. she has been an incredible political partner through just about everything we have done as a government and as a party over the past decade. i had really hoped that she would agree to continue as my deputy prime minister and take on one of the most important files that not just this government but this country is facing. but she chose otherwise. in regards to what actually happened, i am not someone who is in the habit of sharing private conversations. she has been by my side for the past 10 years now -- [speaking french] she is been a political partner and essential partner, involved in all most everything we accomplish is a party in the government i think. i would really have loved for her to choose to stay on as vice prime -- deputy prime minister rather and that

. >> was it freeland who stepped down last month. >> chrystia freeland stepped by. luckily, i have a canadian cousin. he fills me in on canadian politics. we'll hit all of that and more over the next hour, but let's start with a fight over tariffs. this fight not on capitol hill, but kind of in the media. trump denying a "washington post" report that he will scale back his planned tariff policy. now, "the post" saying that trump's tariffs will only apply to certain things. if true, that would seem to be a scaling down of his campaign plans, but trump being trump, hitting back, saying reports are simply not true. let's try to figure out all of this, what's going on here, and what does it possibly mean for the markets and your money? with us is wendy cutler, who has worked on trade deals for nearly 30 years as the office of u.s. trade representative currently a vp at the asia society institute. wendy, trump's denial, the report, notwithstanding, how do you see tariffs right now? where are they going to zpart where do you think they will end up? >> well, i wish i could

the frontrunners are the former finance minister who i mentioned who resigned, cynthia freeland. but also the current finance minister, dominick leblanc. and the foreign affairs minister, jolie. >> claudio, thank you. >>> turning now to the deadly new year's day terrorist attack on bourbon street. president biden and first lady jill biden traveled to new orleans yesterday privately meeting with the victims' families, survivors and law enforcement and speaking at an interfaith prayer service where the president offered support. >> if there's one thing we know, new orleans defines strength and resilience. you define it. whether it's in the form of this attack, from this attack, or hurricanes or super storms, this city's people get back up. that's the spirit of america as well. >> it comes the same day as louisiana's attorney general announced a full review of new orleans' security plans as questions are raised after the cicity's bolrds were removed for replacement. and the city failed to deploy anti-vehicle barriers that had had owned for years. >>> the u.s. has reported its first

mr trudeau's finance minister and long—time ally, chrystia freeland, abruptly resigned over the matterhe prime minister of not doing enough to push back against trump's proposals. the bbc�*sjohn sudworth sent this update from ottawa. there is no doubting just how big crisis this is for mr trudeau's liberal party. after nine years in power, there is a sense of tiredness, of directionless and it is facing opinion polls that are some of the worst in its history. a short while ago i was 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. you know, that is to be expected of course but i think there is a sense in the wider country of something of their inevitable about this and whatever kind of political crisis this is, it also leaves canada with something of a strategic crisis. at the helm, a lame—duck prime minister, parliament prorouged, no sitting legislature justice donald trump tax office, promising a major tradable. one way or another canada has to hold an e

a frontrunners to replace trudeau include the former and current prime ministers freeland and dominic leblanc, as well as current affairs ministers. taking a live look outside, this time from the south bay, we're tracking that monday forecast. this is a look at san jose. it was a foggy commute this morning for many people on the roads this morning. yeah. take a look at this. this is video from brentwood along vasco road. one of our editors shot this scene on her way to work today. you can see the visibility conditions were very low and very limited this morning. meteorologist kari hall is here. the fog in that area has it lifted? not yet. and it's still going to be in effect. the dense fog advisory through noon. so we've got a little bit more time left as we've seen the fog really moving around some of those areas. this is a look in san francisco where at times you can't even see the transamerica building here. and we've seen in other spots the fog is still with us, and it will be very slow to dissipate over the next couple of hours. still zero visibility in novato and santa rosa. and

suggested that the united states by or annex the economist danish territory from junior visited freeland, in a private capacity. i did not meet with officials of the oil and minimal territory . the chief executive of med mal exec car, excess dates, social networking company will scrap set prompt effect checking on facebook and instagram and replace it with a community based model similar to that on x. the change box, the reversal of policies put in place by mentor to stop misinformation. but it was criticized by conservatives in the us and l swept over alleged censorship. a change of rules with potentially far reaching consequences. mathis is paid, fact checkers will no longer be used on facebook and instagram, leaving users to comment on the accuracy of post themselves. you weren't meant to see, oh my god, come back. announced a decision in a video message. we built a lot of complex systems to moderate content, but the problem with complex systems is they make mistakes even say, accidentally censor, just one percent of post. that's millions of people. and we've reached a point where it'

and if it's christopher freeland, is it going to be even worse than justin? true that no, it is orthodox. christmas eve, here in moscow. churches are packed with holiday services in full swing happening right now. i, by the way, in the capital, across russia to i'm in several other nations. millions of believers celebrate the birth of christ on january 7th, which has already arrived in many parts of the world's biggest country. while the centre of russian christianity is the good people of christ to see if here we just saw a live pictures from there behind me on our t correspondence. i'm just to see if a lot of that is just excited at nasty, at merry christmas to you. oh is a stunning service there, as one of the holy estates and orthodoxy is mark as well. he and, and as you just mentioned, millions of christians across the world are 5, celebrating christmas as it marks one of the most important holidays in christianity as it marks the bus of jesus christ. and the main difference actually between the catholic i'm the oldest of drugs christmases is that the ca

and the deputy prime minister under justin to dope is just freeland resigned just before christmas. basically saying that you don't like, we have different priorities with respect to how to handle this new incoming and an administration on the us side and, and we just don't agree on anything. when he got up to speak in front of reporters . he, the 1st things he said worth things like, well, you know, i'm really proud of the priorities that i took care of while in office. things like you train canadians at this point. you know, they have better things to think about climate change. again, that doesn't really show that he's aligns with the priorities of, of the western people in this day and age. even in here in europe for climate change is generally are very big deal. it's really not that big of a deal right now and people can't pay the energy does. so canadians are facing the same types of concerns. the carbon tax, things that he's, he's champion, the ultimately hit them in the pocket book. so his agenda and payment service to this vote agenda that he's always promoted. so he mentio

the only question is going to be who's going to replace them and if it's krista freeland, is it going to be even worse than justin? true to the chaos. the crowds and pepper spray the eastern germantown of breeza had at all on saturday. that's as liberal protesters hit the streets to disrupt a conference of the right wing alternative for germany party. the the, the demonstration delay the f. these key congress by an hour as delegates struggled to reach the venue. thousands of people reported late joined to the protest and 6 emergency service workers were injured and the chaos they of the party lead or criticize the quote and self proclaimed the defenders of democracy, accusing them of intolerance, but noted they failed to prevent her nomination for chancellor poles now show the a if the in 2nd place, the head of february is election following the collapse of incumbent. chancellor schultz is coalition governments as classes, abrupt it outside the a if the candidate for national chance, we gave a speech that was welcomed with loud applause. alice vidal promised to revive energy links wit

being taken down by his battles with women in the end, while trudeau may have been fired, chrystia freelandising he took from those episode led to his demise, so you are one of the names they mentioned as bringing him down, would he think about that? >> well, i am happy to see them leaving obviously, i think it's long overdue. i think what we achieved in ottawa we were very successful in exposing the man that he actually is. which is essentially an ideologically authoritative politician. i will take it. it's a win. >> trace: it really is, i am wondering as you look to the future, there is a lot of talk about the opposition leader pierre poilievre who set the following today and i will get your comments, watch. >> while leaderless liberals fight each other for power, the country spirals out of control and out-of-control housing emergency, out-of-control migrant crisis. and a $62 billion deficit not to mention tariff rats in the united states. >> trace: what would you say about that chris? >> we have seen record housing crisis we have seen record deficits, under trudeau in the past nine years

bank of england and the bank of canada, the former finance minister who stepped down, christine freelandce, because a lot of the progress we have made, when it comes to tackling climate change, and by the way, i have to do this, but all the carbon tax money goes back to people. it is revenue neutral. just on that, we have seen farmers protesting against carbon taxes, green issues with the greens suffering in the european parliament at the last election. is that the wind of change that is blowing across canada, with people rejecting some of the more liberal policies thatjustin trudeau stood for? fin policies that justin trudeau stood for?— policies that justin trudeau stood for? , : stood for? on carbon pricing, it is the most _ stood for? on carbon pricing, it is the most conservative i it is the most conservative policy done in the most conservative way, the problem is that we had the opposition talking about how it raised prices and a large part of inflation in canada was due to the price of energy, not a red —— revenue neutral carbon price, so it is challenging to fight the misinformat