Hello listeners. Today is Thursday, February 8th, 2018. I'm your host

Charlie Matessian sitting in for Scott Bland and you are listening to

Politico's Nurdcast.

This week we're talking stock market chaos, why the Dow fell drastically and what it means

for the larger economic and political picture.

Then we'll pivot to President Trump's military parade request.

Come on, you know we had to.

We'll also have defense reporter Connor O'Brien on to discuss the Pentagon's reaction to the

parade request, and we'll sift through the defense numbers in the latest budget deal.

Then we'll close with a discussion with Elena Schneider about her great peace in

political this week on the Battle for the House majority entitled Panic Time. Before we get started, a reminder to our listeners to subscribe to the Nurdcast, rate us, and write a review.

And stay tuned at the end of the show for a shout out to one of the

nerd cast's biggest fans. Now let's welcome back White House reporter

Eliana Johnson into the studio.

Hi, Eliana.

Good to have you back though.

Thank you. And Nancy, welcome back to you. Nice to have you back though. Thank you.

And Nancy, welcome back to you.

Nice to have you here.

Oh, thanks so much.

Let's kick off our first segment today with this data point.

4.6 percent. The Dow fell 4.6% The Dow fell 4.6% Monday amounting to the stock market's biggest decline since August 2011.

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