The State of the Union is Screwed
The Bill Press Pod
BP Pods
4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2018
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
We're previewing the State of the Union on today's show. Former US Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu gives us some behind the scenes on how a SOTU gets put together,
Plus, the #MeToo movement continues. Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress Jocelyn Frye gives us the details. And Scott Pruitt has a stranglehold on the EPA. Vox's Umair Irfan has the story.
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| 0:50.2 | Miracles do happen. |
| 0:53.4 | Chris Christie got a new job. What do you say, folks? Great to see you today. It is Tuesday, |
| 0:58.4 | Tuesday, January 30. Yes, indeed. Big day in Washington, D.C. Helicopters already hovering overhead. |
| 1:06.4 | It is the State of the Union at 9 o'clock Eastern, Donald Trump's first state of the Union. |
| 1:13.6 | Last year it was just called a speech to a joint session of Congress. |
| 1:18.6 | I think the CNN headline says at best this morning, quote, Trump to project success as Washington rots. |
| 1:32.4 | That kind of sums it up. |
| 1:34.7 | And it's a bunch of rotting mess we're going to hear from Donald Trump tonight at the |
| 1:39.6 | State of the Union. |
| 1:41.0 | But that's not the only thing we have to talk about here on this Monday. Yes, indeed, the deputy director of the union. But that's not the only thing we have to talk about here on this Monday. Yes, |
| 1:45.6 | indeed, the deputy director of the FBI stepping down abruptly yesterday, finally giving |
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