"A Midnight Decision." The Reporters' Roundtable-Sep 3
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 3 September 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
One War is Over. The War on Abortion Rights Heats Up. Climate Crisis in the U.S,. California Recall. With Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ-Roll Call, Melanie Mason, National Political Correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief at National Journal and Katherine Tully-McManus, covering Congress for Politico.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody and welcome to the Bill Press Pod. I'm Jason Dick, deputy editor at |
| 0:11.1 | Siki Roll Call, and I'm guest hosting this week while Bill is off. This Friday's roundtable |
| 0:15.9 | of journalists will try to make sense of this week's major news stories. The last American troops left Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war. |
| 0:24.8 | A divided Supreme Court allowed a highly restrictive abortion law to take effect, possibly |
| 0:29.9 | signaling the court's intent to a major challenge to Roe v. Wade later this year. |
| 0:35.4 | Is this cause for celebration for Republicans, or could it backfire on them |
| 0:39.3 | and also fire up Democrats? In California, will the recall campaign replace a popularly elected |
| 0:45.6 | Governor Gavin Newsom with a right-wing radio talk show host? And that focused on the Golden State |
| 0:51.7 | unfolded as massive deadly wildfires consumed the northern part of the state. |
| 0:56.5 | Those fires and powerful hurricanes lash in the East Coast have brought up questions on climate change |
| 1:02.0 | and how politicians might address it in the $3.5 trillion soft infrastructure bill. |
| 1:08.5 | Joining me today to talk about these topics and more are Catherine Tully |
| 1:11.8 | McManus, congressional reporter for Politico. |
| 1:14.3 | Hello, Catherine. |
| 1:15.3 | Hi, Jason. |
| 1:16.3 | Jeff Dufour, editor-in-chief of National Journal. |
| 1:18.7 | Morning, Jeff. |
| 1:19.7 | Good morning, Jason. |
| 1:20.7 | And Melanie Mason, National Political Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. |
| 1:25.7 | Thanks again for all of you for joining us. |
| 1:29.5 | Catherine, this is your first time on the Bill Press pod. We had a few times on Bill Press's |
| 1:35.6 | old radio show, but this is your first time on the pod. Why don't you introduce yourself |
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