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Mitch McCann: US Correspondent on Joe Biden welcoming Donald Trump back to the White House · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So incoming President elect Donald Trump has met with Biden
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  Speaker 1: at the White House in the Oval Office fireside, and
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  Speaker 1: boy Mitch McCann is with us. That fire was absolutely cranking.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I know what is freezing over here, Ryan, It
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  Speaker 2: looked like a beautiful morning in the White House for
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  Speaker 2: an awkward conversation. I think we've all had awkward meetings
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  Speaker 2: in our life, but perhaps not as awkward as we
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  Speaker 2: expected that one to be between Joe Biden and Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 2: although it seems on the surface of it they were
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  Speaker 2: happy families. Joe Biden said to Donald Trump, well, mister
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  Speaker 2: President elect, former President Donald congratulations, and he said, welcome
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  Speaker 2: back to the White House, and Donald Trump responded, politics
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  Speaker 2: is tough in many cases, not a very nice world.
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  Speaker 2: But it is a nice world today and I appreciate
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  Speaker 2: it very much. So a lot of smiles and a
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  Speaker 2: lot of handshakes between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, perhaps
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  Speaker 2: a little bit unexpected, Ryan, seeing it seems like they
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  Speaker 2: despise each other usually.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a little weird, a little and I
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  Speaker 1: did wonder whether they'd put this. I counted seven logs
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  Speaker 1: on that fire. I hate to keep going on about
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  Speaker 1: it was that like a metaphor for democracy burning. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's possible.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't even know it was a real fire, but
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  Speaker 2: it looked very nice. I'd rather be there this.
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  Speaker 1: Morning, cranking. Let's talk about aviation suspending flights they have
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  Speaker 1: out of the US to Haiti.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. America's aviation regulator, that is, the FAA,
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  Speaker 2: has suspended flights to Haiti for thirty days now. That
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  Speaker 2: country has been embroiled in chaos for some time now.
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  Speaker 2: It's estimated by the UN that more than three thousand,
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  Speaker 2: six hundred people have been killed in Haiti since January. Essentially,
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  Speaker 2: the problem is it has been overrun by gangs at
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  Speaker 2: the moment. But three American aircraft, Jet Blue, Spirit and
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  Speaker 2: American Airlines were all hit by bullets on Monday after
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  Speaker 2: flying to the capital, portou Prince. So the FAA has
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  Speaker 2: now said for thirty days, no American flights are going
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  Speaker 2: to Gobia.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Mitch, thank you very much for that much.
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  Speaker 1: Mccinl live from New York. Just so that you know,
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  Speaker 1: Jimmy Carter apparently grew up around wood burning systems throughout
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  Speaker 1: his childhood, so when he got to the White House,
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  Speaker 1: he installed six wooden stoves wood stoves around the building,
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  Speaker 1: so there you go. They're still in operation today, apparently.
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