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Okay, here's the show.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast here to talk about the latest

in a growing scandal involving former national security advisor Michael Flynn

and maybe other members of Donald Trump's campaign team and contacts with the Russian government.

I'm Scott Detro, I cover Congress.

I'm Domenico Montenegro political editor.

And joining us this afternoon is someone who knows a lot more about this corner of the

news world than we do, Mary Louise Kelly.

I'm Mary Louise Kelly. I'm glad to be here. I cover national security.

Busy busy few days for for I guess for all of us.

I indeed.

Month. It feels like a lot longer than a month.

So this has happened several times with the Trump campaign and now the Trump White House.

You have a major major news story. It dominates the day's coverage.

It's the only thing everyone's talking about.

And then suddenly that night what looks to be an even bigger story breaks and suddenly that

replaces it and resets and starts the process over.

So here's the latest development. The New York Times reported this first, followed by CNN,

that Trump campaign officials were in touch with Russian intelligence operatives during the

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