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To the Point

Barack Obama Goes It Alone in His Second Term

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

After last night's State of the Union address, President Obama was on the road today, making his case for executive orders if Congress doesn't support "a year of action."

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

0:07.9

Can Barack Obama go it alone in his second term?

0:14.8

Hello again, I'm Aaron Alney, and this is To the Poit from Public Radio International,

0:18.8

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

0:21.4

In his fifth state of the union address last night,

0:23.7

President Obama asked a divided Congress

0:25.5

to increase the federal minimum wage.

0:28.2

Say yes.

0:29.2

Give America a race.

0:31.4

Back on the road today,

0:32.8

Mr. Obama repeated last night's promise

0:34.7

if Congress doesn't make this a year of action, he will.

0:38.0

Get ready for more from the bully pulpit as the president tries to achieve familiar objectives before he becomes a lame duck.

0:44.2

We'll hear what he can do with executive orders and what requires congressional action, including immigration reform.

0:50.4

Today's talking point, why navigating the Internet may never be the same. First, here's the news.

0:59.0

Listen to KCRW's 24-hour all-news channel, stream BBC World Service, NPR and KCRW programs, continuous coverage and accessible via our smartphone app or online at kCRW.com.

1:13.9

Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International

1:19.4

Program Fund. Hello again. Warren, Alney, back with To the Point. After last night's State of the

1:23.9

Union address, President Obama was back on the road today, making his case for

1:28.3

executive orders if Congress doesn't support what he calls a year of action. What's the future of

1:33.6

the federal minimum wage, immigration reform, and other items on his agenda? Today's talking point,

1:39.3

hundreds of new domain names, the ones that come after the dot, are about to go live on the Internet.

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