The state of the nation after Obama
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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One politician's "achievements" are another's "mistakes that urgently need correction." We look at what president Obama will leave behind when his second term ends three weeks from now.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.7 | The state of the nation, after Obama. |
| 0:14.3 | Hello again, I'm Arminolni, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:17.1 | Here's President Obama's assessment of what he's leaving behind. |
| 0:20.5 | By so many measures, our country's stronger and more prosperous than it was when we started. |
| 0:25.1 | It's a situation that I'm proud to leave for my successor. |
| 0:28.2 | But the Republican Congress is using different measures, and its first order of business |
| 0:32.6 | is to erase as many of Obama's accomplishments as it can. |
| 0:36.5 | Today, we'll look at his domestic agenda |
| 0:38.4 | from Obamacare, which barely passed on Capitol Hill, to the many executive orders he |
| 0:43.8 | issued to overcome GOP opposition. As he prepares to leave the White House, what's likely |
| 0:49.5 | to last? On today's talking point later, Vladimir Putin's accused of approving computer hacking during |
| 0:54.7 | America's presidential campaign. |
| 0:57.0 | What's the evidence? |
| 0:58.3 | First, the news. |
| 1:02.2 | Check out KCRW's All News Channel, News 24. |
| 1:06.2 | Programming from KCRW, NPR, BBC, and more, 24 hours a day. Go to KCRW.com slash news 24 or members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:33.7 | Hello again, Warren Al-Nayback with To the Point. One politician's achievements are another's mistakes that urgently need correction. |
| 1:39.9 | Today, we'll look at what President Obama will leave behind on the domestic agenda when his second term ends three weeks from now. |
| 1:46.9 | Later on today's talking point, 16 U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly agree that Russia hacked U.S. computers during the presidential campaign. |
| 1:55.6 | President Obama says not much happens without Vladimir Putin, but Donald Trump has questioned the evidence and he is not alone. |
| 2:03.4 | First this news update. Last night, the House Republican Congress voted to caucus, excuse me, voted to eviscerate the bipartisan office of congressional ethics. |
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