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

It's touch and go for the biggest trade deal in history.

Hello again, I'm Arunalini, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans count about most.

Barack Obama has been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership

with 11 Asian Pacific countries, although details are secret.

He calls it a vital opening to Asian markets that are key to American prosperity.

Most Republicans agree, but his own party is sharply divided.

Elizabeth Warren and other progressives

see a giveaway of national sovereignty, with billions of taxpayer dollars going to multinational

corporations. Labor leaders and environmentalists call it NAFTA on steroids. We'll hear both sides.

Today's talking point, would higher education for prisoners make society safer?

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Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To the Point. Last night, President Obama insisted he's a champion of the middle class,

calling Senator Elizabeth Warren, environmentalists, and organized labor flat out wrong, for opposing his massive trade deal with 11 Asian Pacific nations.

We'll hear from defenders of the trade deal and from opponents, including Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

Today's talking point after objections about the use of taxpayer money, Governor Andrew Cuomo

recently scrapped a college education program at New York State Prisons. We'll talk to an inmate

who's about to get a degree about rehabilitation and safety behind bars. First, this news update.

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