Trump Puts Blame For Wildfires On Newsom's Shoulders
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national correspondent Kirk Siegler, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:19.4 | Hi, this is Jacqueline Sullivan from Winter Park, Florida. |
| 0:23.0 | Currently in line at Blue Springs State Park in Orange City waiting to see the 600 or so |
| 0:27.8 | manatees that have come to the park to swim in the 72-degree natural springs during a rare |
| 0:32.4 | Florida cold snap. |
| 0:34.4 | This podcast was recorded at 107 p.m. on Monday, the 13th of January. |
| 0:42.0 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but hopefully I will have seen some |
| 0:45.6 | manatees by then. Okay, enjoy the show. |
| 0:51.9 | Aw, manatees. I would think, are manatees one of your favorites, Tam? |
| 0:57.0 | They're on the list. They're not at the very top. I have no insults for manatees, so that means they're doing pretty well in the animal world. |
| 1:06.1 | I've kayaked with manatees. They're pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah. They're slow. They're cool. |
| 1:11.5 | Hey there. It's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 1:15.7 | I'm Domenica Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. |
| 1:18.2 | And joining us today is NPR National Correspondent, Kirk Siegler. Hey, Kirk. |
| 1:23.1 | Hey, guys. The Los Angeles area has been devastated by wildfires over the past week, with the two largest ones far from fully contained. |
| 1:32.0 | And forecasters are warning again that there are dangerous Santa Ana winds on the way. |
| 1:38.0 | Kirk, let's start with the big picture. You have been in California covering these fires. |
| 1:43.7 | What's the status of them now? Well, I think with your disclaimer that we play up at the top there, I think we're safe. Like, it's not going to get any better, at least anytime soon. You know, it's a very active fire situation and still very active unfolding disaster. I mean, authorities are still going through in places that are safe enough to go through, |
| 2:03.6 | combing through the area, looking for, you know, not survivors at this point, but any human remains left in the fire zones. |
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