Friday, February 17, 2023
The 7
The Washington Post
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Friday briefing: Georgia grand jury report; Ohio train derailment; Bruce Willis; Tesla recall; Microsoft chatbot; and more
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | We've got an update from Ohio where the fallout from a train derailment and |
| 0:06.0 | chemical spill continues. That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from |
| 0:10.6 | the Washington Post. I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Friday, February 17. Let's get you |
| 0:16.5 | caught up with today's 7 stories. Story number one today. A judge released parts of a grand jury report yesterday |
| 0:26.8 | about a Trump investigation. This is the investigation that has been looking |
| 0:31.0 | into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his |
| 0:33.9 | allies to overturn Georgia's results in the 2020 presidential election. |
| 0:38.3 | It started days after the post obtained and released a recording of Trump pressuring Brad Raffensberger, that's |
| 0:45.8 | Georgia Secretary of State. |
| 0:47.6 | So look, all I want to do is this. |
| 0:50.3 | I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more that we have because we won the |
| 1:01.7 | state. |
| 1:02.6 | Much of the grand jury's report was kept secret. |
| 1:05.4 | We don't know yet if they recommended any criminal charges in the investigation, |
| 1:09.1 | but we did learn that the panel believes that some witnesses may have lied under oath. |
| 1:16.5 | Number two, people are reporting headaches and rashes after a toxic train crash in Ohio. |
| 1:24.0 | The train derailed in East Palestine near Pennsylvania earlier this month. |
| 1:28.5 | It unleashed toxic chemicals into the air, water, and ground, and caused a huge fire. |
| 1:34.1 | The leader of the Environmental Protection Agency visited the site yesterday and said that the |
| 1:38.5 | air and water was safe. |
| 1:40.4 | He also told residents that the Biden administration will make sure that the disaster gets cleaned up and promised to use the government's legal authority to penalize the company behind this bill. |
| 1:50.0 | But people are still scared, angry, and skeptical. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Washington Post, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Washington Post and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

