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🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Three senior US officials have answered questions from House lawmakers in recent days, even as the White House has pushed to limit or block officials from complying with an ongoing impeachment probe. We’ll explain how Marie Yovanovitch, Fiona Hall, and George Kent fit into the investigation of President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Meanwhile, the sports world is up in arms after players on England’s men’s national soccer team were targeted with racial slurs at a match in Bulgaria. We’ll look at the ways sports officials are trying to rid hate from the game. Also on today’s show: good news for sleepy California teens, and the Booker Prize makes a big exception for two exceptional women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, October 15th.
0:02.9	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.2	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.0	they matter.
0:09.4	Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pouring over lengthy group texts and calling in Trump
0:13.8	administration officials for marathon hard to hard.
0:16.8	It's the impeachment inquiry on speed.
0:19.7	And they'd like to wrap all this up before Thanksgiving, please.
0:22.6	Then, what should have been a pretty boring soccer match last night ended up causing
0:27.2	international outrage.
0:29.3	And finally, why some students in California are getting the chance to hit snooze.
0:34.0	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:36.0	Let's Schim this.
0:38.9	Today's episode is brought to you by CarMax, the way it should be.
0:45.1	The most complicated story today is about impeachment.
0:48.8	Surprised?
0:52.2	Schim this was off yesterday for Indigenous Peoples Day, but Capitol Hill doesn't seem
0:56.8	to be taking any days off.
0:58.8	So today we're going to get into who from the Trump administration is talking now, what
1:03.0	we're waiting for later this week, and how the 2020 presidential candidates might weigh
1:07.5	in.
1:08.5	Let's get into it.
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