"This is the story that will not go away." The Reporters' Roundtable. February 27, 2026
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Hillary-Epstein Deposition. Presidential Precedent Set. Missing Trump/Epstein Docs. Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. War With Iran? SOTU as TV Show. Trump’s Affordability Trap. Poll: Trump Losing It. With Emily Goodin, White House Correspondent for The New York Post, Philip Bump, Independent Journalist and MS-Now Contributor and Kirk Bado, Editor of The National Journal Hotline.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, let's say it again. Thank God, it's Friday. |
| 0:10.0 | And on this Friday, February 26th, welcome to this week's |
| 0:14.0 | Reporter's Roundtable here on the Bill Press spot. Good to see you. |
| 0:18.0 | While the week started with President Trump's State of the Union address longer than ever |
| 0:24.3 | before, with more medals given out than ever before, and more hateful partisan insults ever |
| 0:30.8 | before, but did it give Republicans a political boost they were looking for? |
| 0:36.2 | In other news, it sure looks like a military strike against |
| 0:40.0 | Iran is coming likely, maybe as soon as this weekend. In a stunning poll, shades of Joe Biden, |
| 0:48.7 | six out of all 10 Americans, including 64% of independence and 31% of Republicans, said that they think |
| 0:57.0 | 79-year-old President Trump is showing signs of diminished mental capacity. |
| 1:03.0 | That's a Reuters poll. |
| 1:05.0 | And former First Lady Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton make history this week, Hillary yesterday, |
| 1:12.2 | Bill today, testifying before the House Oversight Committee looking into the Epstein files. |
| 1:18.7 | Whoa, that's a lot to chew on, so let's get right to it. |
| 1:22.9 | With today's panel saying hello to Emily Gooden, White House correspondent for the New York Post. Hello, Emily. |
| 1:28.6 | Hi, Bill. Okay, busy day for you, for sure. Philip Bump, independent journalist and contributed to |
| 1:35.4 | MS now. Hi, Philip. Hello, hello. Good to have you back. Thank you. And Kirk Beto. Also, |
| 1:40.4 | welcome back to her editor of the National Journal, Highline. Good morning, Bill. |
| 1:44.5 | Morning, everybody. |
| 1:45.5 | All right, there we go. |
| 1:46.5 | You know, it's always hard to know where to start. |
| 1:49.0 | I figured it would start today with the State of the Union, but I think Republicans have successfully, |
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