The Koch network threatens to turn on Republicans
The Daily 202's Big Idea
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 30 July 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The Power of Possible. |
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| 0:07.0 | slash Newsroom. |
| 0:09.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for |
| 0:16.2 | Monday, July 30th. |
| 0:19.9 | In today's news, President Trump threatens to shut down the federal government if he doesn't get money for a border wall. |
| 0:26.0 | Federal Air Marshals have been quietly monitoring certain U.S. travelers as part of a secret surveillance program. |
| 0:32.0 | And the newly confirmed VA Secretary as part of a secret surveillance program. |
| 0:33.0 | And the newly confirmed VA secretary |
| 0:35.4 | plans to sideline high-ranking Trump loyalists |
| 0:38.4 | after he gets sworn in today. But first the big idea. The Koch network threatens to turn on Republicans. |
| 0:53.0 | Billionaire Industrialist Charles Koch distanced himself |
| 0:56.5 | and the network of like-minded conservative donors |
| 0:58.8 | that he leads from both President Trump |
| 1:01.3 | and the Republican Party. |
| 1:03.1 | I'm here in Colorado Springs covering their summer meeting, which started Saturday and goes through |
| 1:08.7 | late Monday. |
| 1:10.2 | The 500 or so mega-rich donors who have gathered at the sprawling Broadmoor resort are angry as can be about Trump's tariffs, |
| 1:17.4 | the failure of a Republican-controlled government to rein in spending, |
| 1:20.8 | and the President's immigration policies. |
| 1:23.0 | They're also worried that Trump's divisive rhetoric |
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