The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 15:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world is ours. I'm Tom Harrington. Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. The inaugural ceremony was held inside the Capitol Rotunda due to cold weather in the U.S. Capitol. Trump promised to declare multiple national emergencies but made no mention of specific tariffs against Canada. Peter Armstrong reports.

Donald Trump is back. In his inaugural address, he laid out dozens of actions he'll take, from the consequential... I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. To the slightly stranger. A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. As Canadians braced for word of tariffs imposed on exports to the U.S., this is all they got. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign

countries to enrich our citizens. The Wall Street Journal and Reuters saying the president will issue a broad memorandum ordering federal agencies to study trade policies and investigate remedies for some of Trump's bigger concerns. But it seems the actual action of imposing those tariffs is left for another day. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Washington. Trump also used his speech to outline the priorities of his administration. All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.

Trump says he will put an end to releasing migrants into the U.S. while they await immigration court hearings, a practice known as catch and release. He also plans to declare Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Another declaration will be a national energy emergency, and Trump promised to improve domestic energy supply. He pledges to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and says the U.S. government would officially recognize only two genders, male and female. As you heard, he reiterated his recent plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Panama's president says the canal that bears the country's name and is and

will remain Panamanian. Raul Molino is responding to Trump's threat to take the canal back. The incoming president called the handover of the canal to Panama a foolish gift and claimed American ships were being overcharged to use it. Molino insists Panama has administered the canal responsibly for the whole world, including the United States. Outgoing President Joe Biden has pardoned several family members as well as the people who investigated the attack on the Capitol four years ago. It's an unprecedented move to protect them against possible retaliation family members, as well as the people who investigated the attack on the Capitol four years ago.

It's an unprecedented move to protect them against possible retaliation by Donald Trump. Lisa Shing reports. With just minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to five close family members, including his younger brother James, saying they've been subject to unrelenting attacks and threats. That's in addition to the pardons issued to retired General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney, and members of Congress who investigated the January 6th attack on the Capitol. In a statement, Biden said the pardons should

not be mistaken as an acknowledgement they engaged in wrongdoing or as an admission of guilt. While it's customary for an outgoing president to grant clemency at the end of their term, they're usually offered to Americans convicted of crimes, not those who haven't yet been investigated. Biden also came under criticism for pardoning his son in December. Hunter Biden was facing possible jail time for gun and tax convictions. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. Trucks laden with humanitarian aid rolled into Gaza on the second day of the ceasefire between

Hamas and Israel. UN chief Antonio Guterres says more than 630 vehicles entered the territory yesterday. Half of them were destined for northern Gaza, threatened with famine. The ceasefire deal requires 600 truckloads of aid to be allowed into Gaza daily for the first six weeks. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.