Concern deepens amid Trump's controversies
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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President Trump delivered today's commencement speech to the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. As he praised the accomplishments of the graduates, he listed some of his own… and made reference to reports that he leaked intelligence to the Russians and tried to shut down an FBI Investigation into his associates.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.7 | Two Oval Office conversations, one big mess for the White House. |
| 0:15.4 | Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:18.6 | Addressing Coast Guard graduates today in Connecticut, President |
| 0:21.4 | Trump dramatically changed the subject from their achievements to his problems. No politician in history |
| 0:28.0 | has been treated worse or more unfairly. But many Republicans say they're concerned about Trump's |
| 0:35.0 | leak of intelligence to the Russians and his alleged |
| 0:37.5 | effort to shut down an FBI probe of his associates. Even White House staff members are |
| 0:42.5 | reportedly fighting among themselves over unpredictable behavior that leaves them contradicting |
| 0:47.3 | their boss and each other. For the first time in the House floor, a Democrat today called for |
| 0:52.3 | impeachment will update the president's troubles as |
| 0:55.2 | he prepares for his first trip overseas. First, here's the news. Check out KCRW's all-news channel, |
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| 1:34.6 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:40.8 | Hello again, Mormon. I'll and Abak with To The Point. President Trump delivered today's commencement speech to the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. |
| 1:44.8 | As he praised the accomplishments of his graduates, he listed some of his own, |
| 1:49.5 | and he made reference to reports that he leaked intelligence to the Russians and tried to shut down an FBI investigation into his associates. You will find that things happen to you |
| 1:55.2 | that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted, but you have to put your head down and fight, |
| 2:05.4 | fight, fight. Never, ever, ever give up. Things will work out just fine. Look at the way I've been |
| 2:16.2 | treated lately. Glenn Thrush is White House correspondent for the New York Times, which broke the story of the so-called |
| 2:21.7 | Comey memo. Good to have you back on our program. |
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