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To the Point

The Trump agenda: where's the beef?

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.

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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 Trump Agenda. Where's the Beef?

0:13.7

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point.

0:16.6

Republicans hold the White House and both houses of Congress, and President Trump says big things are happening, but so far they're not.

0:23.3

After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn't yet have Senate agreement.

0:27.7

The tax bill, he calls ahead of schedule, hasn't been sent to Congress.

0:31.9

His declaration of Infrastructure Week was more pomp and circumstance than the major bill signing it appeared to be.

0:38.5

With James Comey's public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the president today tweeted his

0:43.4

selection of a new FBI director.

0:46.3

Is the chief executive all style and no substance?

0:50.3

Later on today's talking point, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who's behind

0:56.1

them. First, here's the news.

1:02.1

Check out KCRW's All News Channel, News 24, programming from KCRW, NPRW, NPR, the BBC, and

1:09.0

more 24 hours a day.

1:16.6

Go to KCRW.com slash News24, or you can listen on KCRW's app.

1:30.2

Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

1:32.0

Hello again, Warren-Anally, back with To the Point.

1:36.5

President Trump is acting and talking as if there's progress on his agenda in Washington.

1:39.1

We'll look at the appearance and the reality.

1:45.0

On our talking point later, Iran, which prides itself on stability, has been hit hard by two acts of terror. Although ISIS says it was responsible, Iran's security forces blame Saudi Arabia

1:50.8

and the U.S. For this, first this news update on Twitter today, President Trump announced

1:56.5

his appointment to replace James Comey, the man he fired as head of the FBI. The president will ask the

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