Roundup: New Orleans investigation; Biden's last days in office
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Then, a look at President Biden's to-do list as his time in office winds down, and Can't Let It Go.
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| 0:05.7 | This podcast was recorded at 12.05 p.m. Eastern Time on January 3rd, 2025. |
| 0:11.6 | We just celebrated the new year here at the South Pole with a ceremony where we moved the geographic |
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| 0:33.3 | the geographic pole marker. Okay, here's the show. |
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| 0:47.6 | I learned so much in that brief time stamp. Oh, my God, I love that time same so much. |
| 0:50.2 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:52.2 | I'm Sarah McCammon. |
| 0:53.2 | I cover politics. |
| 0:54.3 | I'm Ryan Lucas. I cover the Justice Department. And I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 0:58.9 | The new year started off with some horrible news. We want to bring you the latest on that attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day, where someone drove into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street killing at least 14. |
| 1:09.8 | Here's the FBI's Chris Rhea talking about the perpetrator, Shamsa Dean Jabbar. |
| 1:14.3 | He posted several videos to an online platform proclaiming his support for ISIS. |
| 1:21.5 | In the first video, Jabbar explains he originally planned to harm his family and friends, |
| 1:26.9 | but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the, quote, war between the believers and the disbelievers, end quote. |
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