Thursday, August 3, 2023
The 7
The Washington Post
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Thursday briefing: Trump’s court appearance; Pittsburgh synagogue gunman; Justin Trudeau; gas prices; AI mammograms; and more
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | For the final verdict in this case, I feel relief. |
| 0:06.4 | The gunman in the tree of life synagogue shooting |
| 0:08.7 | was sentenced to death. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post. It's Thursday, August 3rd. |
| 0:16.0 | Let's get you caught up with today seven stories. |
| 0:21.0 | Number one, Donald Trump is expected in federal court this afternoon. The former |
| 0:26.4 | president is set to appear in person at a Washington DC courthouse at 4 p.m. |
| 0:31.0 | Eastern. It'll be his first appearance on his latest indictment, |
| 0:34.7 | which was revealed Tuesday. |
| 0:36.8 | Trump is facing four charges for allegedly plotting to overturn his 20-20 election |
| 0:41.5 | loss. |
| 0:41.9 | He may be asked to enter a plea and a judge will set release. return his the election were lies. But don't expect an outcome anytime soon. It could take months or |
| 0:55.3 | even years for a verdict or was sentenced to death. |
| 1:13.0 | Robert Bowers was convicted in June for the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue. |
| 1:18.8 | He was sentenced by a federal jury yesterday. |
| 1:21.4 | Survivors and family members of the victims expressed relief that the |
| 1:24.8 | trial was over. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue spoke about what |
| 1:29.6 | Bowers' sentencing means for the Jewish community. |
| 1:32.8 | Today we received an immense embrace from the halls of justice around all of us |
| 1:40.0 | to say that our government does not condone anti-Semitism in its most vile form that we've |
| 1:46.0 | witnessed and that we were embraced by a system that has supported, nurtured us, and upheld |
| 1:51.6 | us, and made the point very clear. We have the right to practice |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Washington Post, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Washington Post and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.