Monday, May 22, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3 • 107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We turn our focus away from Washington intrigue and go to Saudi Arabia, where President Trump was welcomed this weekend, and to China, whose government intentionally crippled American spying operations by killing C.I.A. informants, a Times investigation shows. Guests: Peter Baker, who is in Saudi Arabia with the president; Mark Mazzetti, who has been investigating the mysterious deaths in China. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti.ms/2qfbgtv.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the Daily.
0:07.0	Today, in Saudi Arabia, the President went before the leaders of the Muslim world,
0:13.0	calling for unity against extremism, and saying it's up to them to purge their
0:18.0	countries of the quote, foot soldiers of evil. And, a Times investigation
0:23.0	finds that the Chinese government intentionally crippled US spying operations
0:28.0	there by killing CIA informants. It's Monday, May 22.
0:35.0	Good afternoon. I'm trying to reach a guest named Peter Baker.
0:44.0	Yes, last name is Baker. Be a KER.
0:49.0	Absolutely, ma'am. Allow me moment.
0:59.0	Hello. Hello. White House reporter Peter Baker is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
1:04.0	with the President. I spoke to him on Sunday evening. So, this trip started on Friday.
1:11.0	Give us a bit of an overview of what's happened over the past couple of days.
1:15.0	Right. He left Washington Friday amid scandal and intrigue and investigations.
1:21.0	And I think he wasn't looking forward to the trip, but he probably didn't mind getting
1:24.0	away from all that. At least. He landed very early Washington time in Saudi Arabia,
1:29.0	and had pretty quickly to a series of meetings. He met with the King of Saudi Arabia,
1:34.0	the Crown Prince, the Deppi Crown Prince. He went to an event last night that includes
1:38.0	dancing, traditional dancing of thotties and white rows and swords. One point,
1:45.0	the President even kind of sort of shimmyed a little bit. Shimmy, you say. Shimmy, swayed.
1:50.0	You know, pick a good word.
1:54.0	We'll tell you something. Actually, we got into it a little bit more than the President did.
1:58.0	We seem to be carrying the sword. He was asked about that today by one of the interviewers.
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