NPR Politics Live From Cleveland

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 24 February 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This is a special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square in Cleveland on Friday, February 23. This episode: host/congressional reporter Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Asma Khalid and political editor Domenico Montanaro. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast live from Cleveland.
0:12.8	We are here at the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square, NPR is partnering with WKSU and WCPN
0:18.6	Idea Stream on our latest live show.
0:21.3	At the end of a week that seemed to maybe crack the paralyzed debate over gun policies,
0:26.3	Florida's Republican governor wants to increase the age for gun purchases.
0:30.3	That's something the NRA has long opposed.
0:33.4	And it's been a very busy stretch for Robert Mueller's investigation.
0:37.0	Yesterday former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort was charged on 32 new criminal
0:41.6	counts, he's since been charged with even more.
0:44.8	Rick Gates faced all those charges too and today, that one time, top Trump aid, has pleaded
0:49.9	guilty and is now cooperating with the investigation.
0:53.3	We'll talk about all of that and then we'll take a big picture look at what's changed
0:56.8	and what hasn't in the broader midterm environment.
0:59.8	I'm Scott Detro, I cover Congress for NPR.
1:01.8	I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.
1:03.5	I'm Dominic Lamont, NRA political editor.
1:05.6	And I'm a Smokhaled political reporter.
1:07.5	Alright, and awesome, first of all, we have missed you so much, so it's so great to hang
1:12.0	out with you and the podcast again.
1:16.0	And I have clearly missed you all as well.
1:19.4	I mean, I thought I was gone, but clearly that didn't last too long, but it's great
1:24.0	to be back.
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