Introducing 'The New Washington'

The New Washington

The New York Times

News, Politics

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Who are the characters remaking Washington? Michael Barbaro, the host of "The Daily," and Carl Hulse, The Times's chief Washington correspondent, discuss the key political figures that we’ll be hearing from on this show.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael Barbero, host of the Daily, from the New York Times.
0:08.0	The story of Washington right now is filled with characters.
0:12.0	Characters that we are all talking about.
0:15.0	Cabinet secretaries and political aides have become household names.
0:20.0	Steve Bannon, Betsy Devas, Scott Pruitt, Jared Kushner.
0:24.4	They are remaking Washington.
0:26.6	They are the new Washington.
0:28.6	We know their nicknames, we know their rivalries,
0:31.2	but we don't know them or their motivations.
0:34.6	That's why the Daily is launching a new series, the New Washington.
0:38.9	For the next few months, we'll be interviewing the person that you want to hear from each
0:42.3	week,
0:43.1	with analysis and commentary from my colleagues in DC,
0:46.8	like Carl Holse.
0:50.3	Hello?
0:51.6	Holse?
0:52.2	Yes.
0:53.0	It's Michael.
0:55.0	Michael.
0:56.0	We were up so late last night.
0:58.0	Ooh, welcome to covering Congress.
1:01.0	You have... covering Congress. You haven't lived until you've been in the capital all night with everybody with their
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