LA Wildfires, Carter's State Funeral, Trump's Agenda

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

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Devastating wildfires in the LA area have leveled entire neighborhoods as firefighting resources are stretched thin, a state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will be held at Washington's National Cathedral, and President-elect Trump met with Senate Republicans to help chart a course for his top legislative priorities.

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0:00.0	wildfires in southern California reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes the street behind us are what caught fire so our backyard caught fire does the region have the resources to bring the ongoing disaster under control i'm stevens keep with michelle martin and this is up first from NPR News.
0:25.4	President Byn delivers the eulogy today at funeral services for former president Jimmy Carter here in Washington, where even remembrances can carry political messages.
0:30.4	They often reveal as much about the speaker as they do the person being honored and eulogized,
0:37.2	their worldview, what they believe in,
0:39.3	their values, their vision.
0:40.8	How will the former president be remembered?
0:42.9	And President Trump met with Senate Republicans to help chart a course for his second term.
0:47.4	Stay with us.
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1:40.0	Today, every school in Los Angeles is closed. It's one sign of the way that wildfires have affected the nation's second largest city. The fires have sometimes destroyed whole neighborhoods.
1:44.8	They wrecked the homes of celebrities. Billy Crystal says he lost the house where he's lived with
1:49.6	his wife since 1979. Several people are dead that we know of so far, and new fires appear as
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