perry russom, abc news, washington. >> canada's prime minister is stepping down. this will end justin trudeau's nearly decade long reign of power north of the border. the liberal party leader has been asked to resign publicly by his own party members. the public has been unhappy with the prime minister's handling of the budget and immigration issues. trudeau says parliament will be suspended until march the 24th, while a new leader is chosen. now to the east bay, where oakland police are investigating a series of burglaries overnight. all four crimes happened just a few minutes apart in the area of macarthur boulevard and fruitvale avenue. the first was a break in at a safeway supermarket on redwood road at about 3 a.m, then another safeway on fruitvale just minutes later. employees there say the thieves broke in through the front door and stole liquor. next was a break in at a 7-eleven store. the clerk says the suspect stole two cash registers from inside the store. then a massage business on park boulevard just before 5 a.m. was also hit. it's unclear what was t

abc news reporter perry russom has a look from washington.te, usa. >> the cheers for pete hegseth as he walked before the senate armed services committee. >> force will remove members by protesters as the veteran and former tv host works to become the next secretary of defense. >> people that really know me know where my heart's at. it's with the guys in this audience who've had my back and i've had theirs. >> president elect. trump's nominee has been shattered by allegations of sexual misconduct, alcohol abuse and financial mismanagement, allegations he denies. >> there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us. >> according to a police report obtained by abc news, a woman accused hegseth of sexual assault in 2017. no charges were filed. his attorney says he settled with the woman in order to keep his job. hegseth calls the encounter consensual. >> but you acknowledge that you cheated on your wife and that you cheated on the woman who by whom you had just fathered a child. you have admitted that. >> i will allow y

abc news reporter perry russom is at the capitol with a look back at how the nation is paying its respects. >> former president jimmy carter landing at joint base andrews in maryland today, making his final trip to washington, dc. the flight call sign, special mission 39 for the 39th president. a 21 gun salute for carter, america's longest living president. he died last month at the age of 100. his flag draped casket leaving the carter center in atlanta this morning. >> hi, jimmy carter, do solemnly swear. >> he will lie in state in the capitol rotunda, the same building where he took the oath of office 48 years ago. the peanut farmer from plains, georgia, becoming the 39th president. he was the first president to step out of the presidential limousine and walked down pennsylvania avenue to the white house. today, his family doing the same, but this time walking to the capitol as his casket is pulled by eight horses. the procession is designed to mirror his inauguration parade for two days. he will lie in state in the capitol rotunda. carter state funeral is at the national cathedral on th

. >> plus, i'm abc's perry russom in washington.n the fourth anniversary of the attack at the capitol. that story coming up. >> and governor newsom on high speed rail where we are now and pictures of former president jimmy carter lying in repose at the carter presidential center in atlanta. tomorrow morning,r the former president will be taken to washington, d.c, where he will lie in state in the capitol rotunda. carter's state funeral will take place thursday at washington's national cathedral, where president biden is expected to eulogize his longtime friend. abc news will be providing live coverage of tomorrow's events right here on abc seven. >> well, it is official donald trump has officially won the 2024 election. >> that's right. the results certified by congress today, just four years after hundreds of trump supporters attacked the capitol on january 6th. >> abc news reporter perry russom has the story. >> the snow in d.c. not slowing down the certification today. it comes four years after the attack at the capitol. no menti

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abc's perry russom joins us from washington now. ood morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. this case is urgent with the ban set to start in just a matter of days now after arguments yesterday. it appears the supreme court will uphold the ban. with the fate of tiktok now in the hands of the supreme court, a lawyer for the app says, if they do not win this case, tiktok will go dark in the u.s. in a matter of days. >> this country has never taken the step of shutting down a speech platform, much less such an important speech platform. >> reporter: tiktok argues the law forcing its chinese-based parent company bytedance to sell the app or be banned in the u.s. is a violation of the first amendment. >> there must be a solution that protects both our national interests and our constitutional rights. >> reporter: nearly 170 million americans use the app. that's about half the u.s. population. >> i am part of so many creators who support our own lives and have built careers off of this platform. >> reporter: the biden administrati

perry russom, abc news, capitol hill. >> and abc news will have special coverage on thursday for hisater this half hour. you'll be able to see it live wherever you watch abc seven. >> today, president joe biden established two new national monuments here in california. the president designated the chuckwalla national monument in the southern part of the state, right near joshua tree, which you see here. and the other is the national monument, which is just north of redding. this is one of president biden's last moves to protect american land and water before leaving the white house. >> strong winds and fires caused today's news conference about the new national monuments to be rescheduled. two wildfires now burning in southern california as life threatening wind gusts of up to 100mph really shake that area. abc news reporter jacqueline lee has the latest from los angeles. >> it looks like a pretty good fire in pacific palisades. >> a huge plume of smoke over the pacific palisades as wildfires ignite in los angeles. >> there's a house right there, too, i think. >> a second fire in the

ban a little more than a week away, and abc's perry russom joins us from washington with this. g. >> reporter: good morning. you. we should be getting a ruling from the supreme court in the next few days with the ban going into effect on the 19th. right now it appears the supreme court will uphold the ban. a lawyer for tiktok says if they do not win, tiktok will go dark in the u.s. in a matter of days. this is a monumental case in the social media world we live in with about half the u.s. population using tiktok. the case is being framed as the first amendment against national security. at the center of the case is a law that is forcing tiktok's chinese-based parent company, bytedance, to sell the app or be banned in the u.s. tiktok says that is a violation of the first amendment, but the u.s. government from the congress to the cia fears the chinese government could weaponize the app by exploiting massive amounts of user data and manipulating what videos americans see on their feeds. tiktok has long denied those claims. justice brett kavanaugh mentions the government fears the