00:00A splendid Monday afternoon to all, I am William Theo and this is PTV News Now.
00:11Kicking off today, stories at the hour.
00:14The typhoon and tropical storm carousel is on with three having exited stage left and
00:20two more forecast to hit the country tomorrow and over the coming weekend.
00:25And with relief efforts still underway in areas hit hard by severe tropical storm Christine,
00:31which drenched and soaked the regions of the Visayas, Southern Luzon, Calabarzon, Central
00:37Luzon, the Cordilleras and Northern Luzon in the last week of October, a spate of three
00:43storms and or typhoons, Julian, Leon, Marse, has hit the country since with a couple more
00:49due beginning tomorrow morning.
00:52And not so far behind her this coming weekend, a tropical depression to be named Ophel once
00:58she intensifies and reaches Philippine forecasting area.
01:02As of 10 a.m. today, Monday, the tropical depression outside the Philippine area of
01:06responsibility was spotted some 1,480 kilometers or 925 miles away from the South Pacific but
01:15in a trajectory or pathway headed for the Luzon mainland.
01:19Lagasa forecast a tropical depression to intensify and reach typhoon status on Wednesday.
01:26Meanwhile, one world leader was exceptionally gleeful in the outcome of the last week's
01:32U.S. presidential elections.
01:34He tweeted on his ex account his congratulations to the president-elect calling his win the
01:40greatest political comeback he had ever seen.
01:44Ever since it was clear Tuesday night last week of Trump's clear victory, Israeli Prime
01:49Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken to the president-elect and avows both he and
01:54Trump see eye to eye on the way forward in the Middle East conflicts and in dealing with
02:00Tehran.
02:01Then again, there had been no let up in the artillery fire and airstrikes in Gaza and
02:06Lebanon, the latest of which claimed dozens of lives in both places, leaving rescue workers
02:11and volunteers scrambling to extricate victims both dead and wounded under the rubble.
02:17The northern Gaza and Israeli airstrike on a shelter harboring displaced people in the
02:22urban refugee camp of Jabalia killed at least 17 people, including nine women, as per a
02:30hospital report.
02:31The Israeli Defense Forces said without presenting any shred of evidence, as it almost always
02:36does after a lethal airstrike, said the targeted location was a site of militant planning and
02:42operations.
02:44The offensive operations in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of 43,000 Palestinians, more
02:50than half of whom are women and children, and thousands of Hamas fighters.
02:57One of the most unforgettable campaign slogans by Kamala Harris during the stump that she
03:03was having a to-do list on her day one of her presidency while Donald Trump has his
03:08revenge list.
03:09And almost everyone who have been through Trump's first presidency knows his vengeful
03:14and vindictive personality, as VOA's Veronica Valderas Iglesias shares in this report.
03:20After a decisive electoral victory, all eyes are now on President-elect Donald Trump and
03:28how he will govern.
03:30His supporters believe that even those Americans who didn't vote for the former president will
03:35see their lives improve.
03:37I think a lot of people across the country, even who have bought into, I think, some false
03:41narratives about Donald Trump, are going to be pleasantly surprised as to finding more
03:46money in their paycheck, prices coming down in the country, a secure border.
03:50With this election of Susie Wiles as Trump's chief of staff, the president-elect's administration
03:56is already taking shape.
03:59The former president took to his truth social media platform Saturday to make clear, however,
04:06that neither former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, nor Trump's former Secretary
04:12of State, Mike Pompeo, will be invited to join his cabinet this time around.
04:19Meanwhile, questions have been raised about whether Trump will act on promises he's made
04:25to seek revenge against his political enemies and those who have pursued legal cases against
04:31him.
04:32I'm going to tell you what Donald Trump has said on this time and again.
04:35Success will be our retribution.
04:38Success will be our vengeance.
04:39While I concede this election, I do not.
04:40For those who supported the Democratic presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris,
04:46this is a time of reflection.
04:48The working class of this country is angry, and they have a reason to be angry.
04:54We are living in an economy today, Donna, where the people on top are doing phenomenally
05:00well, while 60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck.
05:06While praising the Biden administration's achievements, Senator Sanders said there's
05:10more work to be done.
05:12We need an agenda that says to the working class, we're going to take on these powerful
05:16special interests and create an economy and a government that works for you.
05:20And by the way, that can't happen unless you get big money out of politics.
05:24U.S. President Joe Biden has promised there will be a peaceful transfer of power on January
05:3020th.
05:32Biden called Trump to congratulate him after his election win, and the two are scheduled
05:38to meet in person Wednesday at the White House.
05:42Veronica Valdez Iglesias, VOA News, Washington.
05:48And we have come to the end of our program.
05:50Join us anew later for the evening news break, Stories at the Hour.
05:54Always stay connected by keeping it here for news you can count on.
05:57I am William Theo.
05:58Thank you for watching PTV News Now.
06:02We'll see you next time.
06:03Take care.
06:04Bye.
