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🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm William Brangham. Amna Nawaz and Jeff Bennett are away. |
0:07.3 | On the news hour tonight, days after a deadly earthquake hit Myanmar and neighboring countries, |
0:12.9 | U.S. aid is largely absent, leaving a vacuum that China is quickly filling. |
0:18.9 | And pushing legal boundaries, the Trump administration sends more alleged gang members to El Salvador |
0:24.6 | despite court orders, and the president suggests he could run for a third term despite the constitutional restriction. |
0:32.6 | And with another round of tariffs on major trading partners set to take effect, we examine whether |
0:38.5 | they could revitalize American industries. |
1:02.9 | Welcome to the news hour. The true impact of Friday's massive earthquake, which was centered in Myanmar, is now starting to reveal itself. |
1:09.7 | Myanmar's military government says the official death toll is more than 2,000 people with hundreds still missing. |
1:12.5 | Thousands are injured and now homeless, as local and international efforts turn from rescuing survivors |
1:16.8 | to recovering remains. |
1:18.4 | Nick Schifrin begins our coverage. |
1:20.9 | Three days after the earthquake shook this monastery to the ground, |
1:26.5 | the victims are finally being |
1:30.3 | recovered. Nearly 300 monks lived here. 50 are confirmed dead. The fate of 150 more, unclear. |
1:38.3 | In Mandalay, the powerful earthquake pulled buildings to the ground, collapsed hotels, and destroyed |
1:45.4 | an entire apartment complex. |
1:48.6 | A shop owner who wanted to stay anonymous shows the scars from the building that collapsed |
1:52.6 | on top of him. |
1:53.7 | He was rescued after being trapped for hours. |
1:57.1 | I've been removing the debris from my shop on my own. |
2:00.2 | No one has helped me. |
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