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Nick Harper: US Correspondent on the response to Donald Trump's policy changes · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Now, Donald Trump hasn't held back. On his first day
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  Speaker 1: as president, he signed twenty six executive orders ending birthright citizenship,
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  Speaker 1: leaving the World Health Organization, and he backtracked on seventy
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  Speaker 1: eight executive actions taken by the Biden administration. These were
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  Speaker 1: among the orders. He also declared a national order emergency,
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  Speaker 1: and US correspondent Nick Harper joins me, now, thanks for
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  Speaker 1: your time, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: Good warning, Francesca, A busy day.
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  Speaker 1: What does it all mean. What's the reaction being.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, an unbelievably busy day, showing that he is hitting
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  Speaker 2: the ground running and showing that he has a very
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  Speaker 2: clear agenda for his second time in the White House.
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  Speaker 2: The reaction from Republicans his party, as you could imagine,
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  Speaker 2: is one of absolute delight. They feel that Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 2: the man who can save America, is back where he belongs,
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  Speaker 2: back in the White House, and is enacting a whole
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  Speaker 2: raft of legislative agenda that they have been wanting to
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  Speaker 2: see for the last four years, the four years under
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  Speaker 2: President Biden that they feel has been four years of
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  Speaker 2: decline for the country. On the other side of the isle,
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  Speaker 2: the Democrats have been looking at this and wondering if
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  Speaker 2: the country is now going to the dogs because there
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  Speaker 2: is significant concern about some of those executive actions he
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  Speaker 2: signed yesterday. Top of the list amongst worry four Democrats
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  Speaker 2: seems to be what he's doing to the rule of
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  Speaker 2: law and the Justice Department overturning the convictions of one
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  Speaker 2: thy five hundred people who had been convicted for their
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  Speaker 2: actions on January sixth, twenty twenty one, when they stormed
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  Speaker 2: the US Capitol. So it really depends on who you ask.
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  Speaker 2: Some people love Donald Trump being back, some are very
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  Speaker 2: concerned what will happen over the next four years.
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  Speaker 1: Are we going to see similar action today his first
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  Speaker 1: full day as president.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit different. I think for this day,
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  Speaker 2: there is the potential for more orders to be signed,
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  Speaker 2: but he's also getting into I guess the nitty gritty
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  Speaker 2: of the details today. First order of business at the moment,
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  Speaker 2: he's attending the special National Prayer ceremony that always takes
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  Speaker 2: place the day after inauguration at that taking place in Washington,
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  Speaker 2: DC's National Cathedral. But after that he heads to Capitol
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  Speaker 2: Hill where he'll be meeting with the top Republicans there,
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  Speaker 2: really speaking about what he hopes to achieve on Capitol
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  Speaker 2: Hill to try and get his legislation pushed through over
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  Speaker 2: the coming months. There is also a suggestion that there
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  Speaker 2: will be a big announcement later on infrastructure that's been
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  Speaker 2: teased by his White House Press secretary. Will see if
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  Speaker 2: that develops, but there is, of course, with Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 2: the potential for anything to happen at any moment. We
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  Speaker 2: could see him back in the White House signing more
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  Speaker 2: orders before the end of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Do you see any of these executive orders being challenged
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  Speaker 1: by the courts.
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  Speaker 2: We've already seen challenges actually on one of them, in
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  Speaker 2: particular his birthright citizenship plan. He wants to end that
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  Speaker 2: if you're born in the US, you get citizenship by law,
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  Speaker 2: but already claimants have come forward saying that he has
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  Speaker 2: no authority to redefine American citizenship. And there are three
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  Speaker 2: lawsuits against the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. That's
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  Speaker 2: the one being headed up by Elon musk At. That
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  Speaker 2: lawsuit claim that it is violating transparency laws. Potentially mortal
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  Speaker 2: lawsuits to come on some of the other actions he's
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  Speaker 2: announced as well.
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  Speaker 1: On nex. Thank you so much for your time this morning.
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  Speaker 1: That was arguish. Correspondent Nick Harbitt. For more from earlier
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