February 26, 2018
The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
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🗓️ 26 February 2018
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, |
| 0:05.4 | sponsored by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs. And I'm Jake Sherman. We're kicking |
| 0:09.5 | off this week by telling you what Donald Trump is talking to members of Congress about. He's saying |
| 0:14.6 | he wants to vote on gun legislation this week. He's very keenly aware of the public discussion |
| 0:20.3 | about gun control. Of course, he's not going to aware of the public discussion about gun control. |
| 0:21.7 | Of course, he's not going to get a vote this week. |
| 0:23.8 | The House is in just for one day, and the Senate hasn't even touched gloves yet. |
| 0:27.5 | But the lawmakers we have spoken to say the presidency is moving with urgency they have not seen in his presidency. |
| 0:34.9 | He wants to move quickly. |
| 0:36.3 | He wants to move decisively. |
| 0:37.4 | Here's what's being discussed, spending a pile of quickly. He wants to move decisively. |
| 0:42.4 | Here's what's being discussed, spending a pile of money on police programs to deter shooters, |
| 0:48.1 | a new background check system, the Fix Nix Act, a bill that would penalize government agencies for not reporting information to the national instant criminal background check system. |
| 0:53.1 | This has already passed the House. |
| 0:55.3 | One interesting proposal that's quietly being considered is giving cops the ability to confiscate |
| 1:00.5 | a gun for 21 days if there are reports of domestic abuse, mental health issues, or threats. |
| 1:07.5 | The 21-day period could be renewed twice under a plan that's being discussed. Of course, |
| 1:12.4 | all of this is in its infancy, but Trump is pushing hard behind the scenes. Meanwhile, NBC News got an |
| 1:18.5 | interview with Ivanka Trump who was traveling in South Korea for the Olympic closing ceremonies. |
| 1:24.0 | She told them that she doesn't know if arming teachers would make children safer, but that it's something that needs to be discussed. |
| 1:31.1 | The drama surrounding Scott Israel, the sheriff at Broward County, is not dissipating. |
| 1:36.0 | The Miami Herald is reporting that he's embroiled in controversy over his agency's response to the school shooting. |
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