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To the Point

President Obama's 'Fourth Quarter'

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

With just two years left in the White House, President Obama is promising "interesting stuff," despite Republican dominance of Capitol Hill.  Prospects include compromise when it's possible, the veto power and "executive action" when it's not.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Warren Alney. Thanks so much for listening to this podcast of To the Point,

0:04.0

and I want to tell you about another podcast that's available here at KCRW,

0:08.6

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0:12.9

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0:18.0

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0:21.6

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0:27.4

iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is

0:35.8

To the Point.

0:40.9

President Obama says, I'm not done.

0:48.1

Hello again, I'm Armin Almi, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

0:50.5

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

0:55.0

With Republicans controlling the Senate as well as the House, the president will tour the country this week, taking credit for economic improvement. He'll preview themes from his

1:00.0

State of the Union speech in an all-out effort to resist becoming a lame duck during his last

1:04.7

two years in office. We'll hear what he has to boast about, and look at the unfinished business

1:09.6

he might try to accomplish

1:10.9

on Capitol Hill or more likely by executive action.

1:15.1

How does he look compared to past presidents as their terms in the White House were

1:18.7

beginning to run out?

1:20.3

Today's talking point.

1:21.6

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1:25.4

First, here's the news.

1:31.2

Music by remote control. First, here's the news. Listen to KCRW's

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