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The Playbook Podcast

February 4, 2019

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Leaks of the president’s schedule, a congressional trip to the border and more in today’s Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good Monday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing, sponsored by U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

0:08.0

And I'm Anna Palmer. The front page of the Boston Globe says it all. The dynasty rolls on.

0:12.9

The Patriots beat the Rams 13 to 3 last night in the Super Bowl.

0:16.9

Axios is out with the big scoop, with the Trump insider leaking nearly three months of the president's private schedule that shows that the president has spent about 60% of his time over the past three months in unstructured executive time.

0:30.5

Take a second to think about this.

0:32.9

Someone who works for President Donald Trump has leaked his personal schedule and what only can be seen as an

0:38.7

attempt to embarrass him. This is incredibly rare and quite the commentary about the president's staff.

0:44.5

Maddie Westerhout, who runs Oval Office Operations for the president, tweeted, what a disgraceful

0:49.0

breach of trust to leak schedules. What these don't show are the hundreds of calls and meetings Donald Trump

0:55.1

takes every day. This president is working harder for the American people than anyone in recent

0:59.9

history. The president will have lunch with VP Mike Pence at 1245 in his private dining room.

1:05.3

Our colleague Dan Diamond has a story up about the president saying he will pledge to end HIV

1:10.3

transmissions by 2030.

1:13.0

A group of House members on the Border Security Conference Committee are touring the border.

1:18.0

Representatives Chuck Fleischman, Kay Granger, Henry Choir, and Stephen Palazzo are on the trip.

1:24.5

There are just 11 days until the government shuts down. The state of the union is

1:29.0

tomorrow. The Washington Post has an update on Jared's peace process. Writing from Jerusalem that

1:34.3

Palestinians are refusing to meet with Jason Greenblatt, Trump's special representative for

1:39.2

international negotiations, so instead Greenblatt is tweeting at them. Politico Morning Consult has a new poll this

1:46.7

morning that shows 76% of registered voters believe the wealthiest Americans should pay more in taxes.

1:52.8

And here's the latest on Ralph Northam. The Washington Post has a piece up saying that the Virginia

1:56.9

governor met with senior staff last night and is considering his options, including resignation.

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