How Will Biden Respond To US Crises?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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4.5 • 24.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Much of the country is reeling from natural disasters as COVID hospitalization rates hit levels not seen since before the vaccine was widely available. Evacuations continue from Afghanistan in the wake of the most deadly attack on U.S. service members in more than a decade.

All that during what was supposed to be a domestic policy-focused summer for the Biden White House, with two trillion-plus dollar deals on the line. So, how is the president responding to crisis?

This episode: White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Feta and I will tell them.
0:03.4	And we're from Austin, Texas.
0:05.8	Today we're excited because it is our first day back at school
0:10.4	after a year and a half of home schooling.
0:13.4	This podcast was recorded at...
0:16.5	It is 2.08pm on Monday, August 30th, 2021.
0:23.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:26.8	Okay, here's the show!
0:29.7	Pretty cute!
0:34.0	That is cute.
0:34.9	Oh my goodness, first of all, I'm so impressed.
0:38.2	I could not get my kids to be so on script.
0:44.0	Today was my daughter's first day too, so dropped her off this morning.
0:47.1	She was excited and terrified, so I think it'll be the year.
0:50.2	Oh yeah, yeah, my kids start next week, so I mean,
0:54.8	I'm glad to be sending them somewhere away.
1:01.2	But hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
1:04.5	I'm Aisha Roscoe, I cover the White House.
1:06.7	I'm Dominic O'Montanara, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
1:10.0	And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
1:13.5	It was supposed to be infrastructure summer.
1:18.8	And before that, it was supposed to be a summer of freedom,
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