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00:00Tomorrow is the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who will return to the White House.

00:05Now, let's listen to the Philippine Ambassador to the U.S., Jose Manuel Romualdez.

00:10Good morning to you, Ambassador. This is Maris. Let's go live to the first news.

00:15Hi, good morning, Maris.

00:17Yes, first of all, will you be attending the inauguration of U.S. President Trump?

00:20And who are the official Filipinos who are also invited?

00:25Well, actually, I'm the only one invited because the State Department officially invited the representative of each country in the diplomatic corps.

00:37So, that's a lot of capital.

00:39But there are other congressmen who are here today.

00:43They were invited by U.S. congressmen,

00:48such as Deputy Speaker Tony Petalbano and Deputy Speaker Mendoza, who are also here today.

00:56And I think Congresswoman, I don't remember her name,

01:04but we have about four of our congressmen who have been invited by Congressman Joe Wilson.

01:10All right. The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump was moved indoors.

01:17Is this because of the cold weather in your area or because of security reasons?

01:24Yes, I think it's really cold.

01:29In fact, it's snowing here in Washington, D.C.

01:32And tomorrow, the temperature is something between minus 7 to minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit.

01:40People will really get sick there.

01:43I think President Trump was right in really putting his inauguration inside the Capitol.

01:49And it's also going to be, to a certain extent, a security risk.

01:53Because the security, they're going to be out in the open starting at 5 or 6 in the morning.

02:00And they can get sick.

02:03And obviously, their work will be impeded because of the cold weather.

02:09I understand that 25,000 security personnel will be deployed there.

02:13Have you heard any news about riots or protests against Trump's inauguration?

02:18Well, there is a report that there will be a rally, but I don't think it's going to be anything major.

02:26Because the security officers here in Washington, D.C. are not concerned.

02:31Ambassador, I will also ask, how are the Filipinos, our countrymen there?

02:35Are there a lot of Filipinos who left because it's expected that Trump will be more strict with immigrants?

02:41Well, we are not sure whether there are many of those undocumented, our countrymen have left.

02:48But that's our advice to them.

02:50If they really don't have a legal path, it's better that they go first so that they can return here at some point in time.

02:57Because if you get deported, you really won't be able to return.

03:00But just the same, the first thing that the authorities are telling us,

03:08is that they will prioritize the ones with criminal records and criminal elements who entered the U.S.

03:16and the 1.3 million who were processed for deportation.

03:22Those are the ones they will prioritize.

03:25When it comes to the issue of the South China Sea, is there a big change in the policies of the outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden and incoming President Trump?

03:33I don't think there will be any.

03:36If we heard the confirmation hearing of the incoming Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

03:43it's very clear that the United States is going to be very supportive of Taiwan, the Philippines,

03:50and other countries in the Indo-Pacific region that's facing the challenges with China.

03:55And also, we've talked to other countries that will enter the national security in America,

04:03they are also convinced that the Indo-Pacific region must remain free.

04:11In other words, they are supportive of the countries that are fighting this attempt to dominate the South China Sea.

04:20In other words, we are still expecting the support of the U.S. in the new leadership?

04:26Yes, absolutely. I have no doubt about that.

04:29One of the first issues that President-elect Trump will face is the TikTok ban.

04:34Is there a condition for him to return it fully?

04:37Because he is saying that the TikTok part should be owned by an American firm.

04:43Well, that was passed already as a law by the U.S. Congress.

04:51So they're going to try to push that and save TikTok from being closed down completely here in the U.S.

04:58So there's a possibility that there could be some negotiations that will ensue during the time of President-elect Trump.

05:07I would also like to ask Ambassador, how are our countrymen in Los Angeles?

05:12Are there more affected by the wildfire?

05:15Well, our consulate is telling us that there are Filipinos that were affected by the Palisades fire.

05:25A total of about 150,000 homes have been destroyed.

05:29I'm sure there are a lot of Filipino-Americans.

05:32But we're still assessing the situation.

05:35Our consulate in Los Angeles is coordinating with the local authorities,

05:42who are Filipinos or most especially our Filipino workers who were affected by the Los Angeles fire.

05:50And of course, we are one in the prayer for our countrymen there and of course,

05:55for the other Americans affected by the wildfire.

05:58Thank you very much.

05:59Philippine Ambassador to the U.S., Jose Manuel Dings from Waldez.

06:03Take care.

06:05You got it. Thank you.

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