Our special envoy to Washington D.C., Carlos Montero, updates us on Trump's first hours after his inauguration as president. teleSUR
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00:00Hello, Washington Extra English, this is the Headlines at this hour and we're going live
00:06to Washington, D.C.
00:07We have a special envoy, Carlos Montero, to have all the details of what is happening
00:10a day after President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day.
00:14Hi, Luis, let's start, if you let me, with the reaction about one of the more controversial
00:24executive order of Donald Trump.
00:28Right now we are getting the information that 18 states, they are going to sue to stop Trump's
00:35birthright citizenship order.
00:38That's one of the many executive orders that he signed yesterday, and that's against the
00:44Constitution.
00:45So at 18 states, the prosecutor of those states, they decide they are going to sue that decision
00:52of Donald Trump.
00:53We knew that was going to happen.
00:55Let me tell you what Donald Trump did today.
00:57He was in a cathedral with the Vice President, and in the next minute, he's going to have
01:05a meeting with the two leaders of the Congress, the upper house, lower house, they are in
01:13hands of the Republican, and he's going to talk to the majority leader of each chamber.
01:19Because he's going to need a lot of help from the Congress to do all what he has to do.
01:25Let's talk about his cabinet.
01:27The first member of his cabinet that has sworn in, it was this morning, Marco Rubio.
01:32Marco Rubio is the new chief of state.
01:35He said, secretary of state, he's the new secretary of state.
01:39He said he's there to follow and defend the American foreign policy.
01:45He's really a controversial candidate, but the Congress gave him a green flag because
01:5499 members of the Congress accept his nomination, and this morning, the Vice President, J.D.
02:01Pence, swore him in.
02:04Let's see how's the reaction with him with Latin America.
02:07Let's talk about Latin America a little bit.
02:10Yesterday, when Donald Trump was in the Capitol One Arena with his followers, he signed a
02:19few executive orders, and one of the reporters, a reporter from Brazil, asked him, what's
02:25going to be the relationship of the USA with Latin America under your presidency?
02:33He said, it's going to be great, because we do not need Latin America.
02:38Latin America needs us.
02:41That's an idea.
02:42What's going to happen with Latin America?
02:44They also asked him about Venezuela.
02:47He said Venezuela was 20 years ago.
02:50He said he knows Venezuela a lot, that Venezuela was great 20 years ago, and now it's not anymore.
02:57I mean, 20 years ago, the president of Venezuela was Hugo Chavez, and then we have all the
03:03sanctions, all that situation that contribute a lot to that mess situation that the president
03:09is referring.
03:10Let's talk also about the polemic things, about the massive deportation.
03:17People are in alert.
03:18They're in alert here in Washington, Chicago.
03:23The Washington Post informed that they were, today, Tuesday, they're going to arrest some
03:30undocumented people.
03:34So far, we haven't got any information, but I can tell you, everybody is in alert.
03:40Everybody is very scared.
03:42We have a chance to talk to different ONG that take care of the immigrants in this country,
03:48and they said people are scared.
03:51People are very careful.
03:52Also, Donald Trump mentioned about the border with Mexico, that the situation really is
03:59critical.
04:00He's going to send soldiers, militaries, to stop people coming into the country.
04:06Also, he said he's going to impose taxes on Canada, Mexico, and other foreign countries.
04:13Mexico and Canada, they already react, saying that the situation is going to be complicated,
04:20but they have the right to do the same thing that the USA is doing.
04:26That's the situation right now.
04:29We are following, we are waiting to get information about this meeting with Trump and the two
04:35majority leaders of the Congress, the upper and lower chambers.
04:39If we have any new information, we are going to go back to you guys.
04:43But Luis, right now, this is all.
04:45Going back to you, to the studio.
04:46Thank you very much.
04:47Thank you, Carlos, for the updated information.
04:50I will stay tuned to have the results, to see what is known about this meeting that
04:55you were talking about.
04:56This is the Hellions.
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