Trump, DACA and the buds of bipartisanship
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
President Trump struck a deal last week with Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Or did he? Sometimes he sounds like he did and sometimes he doesn't. We look at what might or might not be next for the Dreamers protected by DACA.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.9 | Is President Trump going bipartisan? |
| 0:14.1 | Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:17.0 | After nine months, with no accomplishments by Republicans, President Trump extended an olive branch to the Democrats. |
| 0:23.3 | He's basking in positive reaction to his dinner with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. |
| 0:28.5 | They claim he agreed to protect the so-called dreamers from deportation. |
| 0:33.3 | Immigration hardliners are outraged. |
| 0:35.6 | Progressive Democrats don't like the tradeoff for increased border security. |
| 0:40.0 | But everything Trump says is subject to sudden change, and dreamers are still full of anxiety. |
| 0:46.5 | We'll look at the arguments and the tweets. |
| 0:49.2 | Later on today's talking point, inside Russia's sophisticated info war against the U.S. and the West. First, here's the news. |
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| 1:20.0 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:29.0 | Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. President Trump struck a deal last week with Democrats |
| 1:33.2 | Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, or did he? Sometimes he sounds like he did, sometimes he doesn't. |
| 1:38.9 | We'll look at what might or might not be next for the Dreamers, protected by DACA or not. |
| 1:46.0 | Today's talking point, Russia's influence campaign during last year's presidential election is called the political equivalent of 9-11. |
| 1:51.0 | The real goal is to undermine faith in Western democracy. We heard about the Kremlin's cable |
| 1:56.4 | network RT, part of what's called the most effective propaganda machine of the 21st century. |
| 2:02.5 | First is news update at a meeting today in New York, chaired by the U.S. at the United Nations. |
| 2:08.6 | UN Ambassador Nikki Haley introduced President Trump for his first appearance at that body. |
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