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The NPR Politics Podcast

Clinton Book Review And Irma Update

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Hillary Clinton is back with a book to talk about "what happened." Also, an update on Hurricane Irma. This episode: Guest host/White House reporter Geoff Bennett, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben and political editor Domenico Montanaro. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Juan, the Spaniard working and living in Brussels, Belgium.

0:05.6

This podcast was recorded at 12.12 pm on Tuesday, September 12.

0:10.9

Things may have changed by the time you listen to this.

0:14.2

To keep up with the latest NPR news, check out NPR.org or download the NPR app or listen

0:21.5

to your local NPR radio station.

0:24.5

Alright, here's the show.

0:29.7

It's the NPR Politics Podcast and today Hillary Clinton is back.

0:34.3

She's out with her new book, her 469-page account of what happened in the 2016 presidential

0:39.5

race.

0:40.5

That's actually the name of the book, what happened?

0:43.3

And Clinton has had a lot of time to think about that over the last 10 months.

0:47.5

You know, I take ultimate responsibility for the loss.

0:50.8

I was the candidate.

0:53.2

I was the person whose name was on the ballot.

0:57.5

And I'll never get over that.

1:00.5

But she does also blame former FBI director James Comey.

1:03.3

Russia's interference in the 2016 election, Bernie Sanders, more restrictive voter ID laws

1:08.8

and sexism.

1:09.8

We'll get into all of that and what else is in the book.

1:12.6

But before we get to that, we'll check in on the Florida Keys, which were worst hit by

1:16.8

Hurricane Irma.

1:18.5

I'm Jeff Bennett, I cover the White House for NPR.

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