Hello, it's Thursday, August 17, 2017. I'm Nancy Cook, your host, and you are listening

to Politico's nerd cast. We're going to start off this week's show talking about the aftermath

of the violent clashes in Charlottesville and why

the president decided to double down on his idea that both sides were to blame for the

violence. Then we're going to talk about the special election in Alabama, a runoff between an outsider

Trumpian-like candidate and his opponent who has a support of both the president and Senate

majority leader Mitch McConnell.

And finally, we're going to delve into all of that West Wing intrigue about Steve

Bannon's future and why West Wing aides who say they're frustrated aren't

necessarily resigning from the White House. Some quick housekeeping things before we dive in.

Remember you can email us with questions at nerdcast at politico.com.

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And I want to welcome the Nurdcast panel.

Joining us, we have regular Nurdcaster Elliana Johnson national political reporter.

Hello.

And joining us also we have Ali Watkins who's a national security correspondent.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Yeah, thanks for having me.

Our first data point is 47.

That's approximately the number of hours.

It took President Donald Trump to condemn white supremacist by name following the violent

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