They didn't break that, but they have pretty good access to those people.

She actually, her image, she self-consciously mocks that lineage.

So that's happening?

Okay.

It seems like an incredible story here on many fronts.

From One World Trade Center in Manhattan, this is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production

of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker.

Welcome to The New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick.

Today we're going to be talking about the big story, the Russia story.

But which Russia story? There's so much

to choose from. There's the allegations that Russian intelligence hacked into the 2016 election.

There's Donald Trump's almost inexplicable affection for Vladimir Putin. And at the same time,

relations between the United States and Russia are so full of tension and

confrontation and uncertainty that it looks to many analysts like we're in a second cold war.

So there's a lot to cover.

I've been reporting on it with two other writers, Evan Osnose in Washington, and Joshua

Yaffa in Moscow, and we'll compare notes later in the hour.

But first, it's awards season, which I've got to say is a bit of a welcome break from the chaos in

Washington. Hilton All's, a staff writer for the magazine, was in Los Angeles recently,

when Lily Tomlin received a lifetime achievement honor at the SAG After Awards.

Hilton spent time with Tomlin, who's now 77,

and her partner Jane Wagner, her writing partner, and now her wife. They've been together for more

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