Trump, Russia and rabbit holes
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Conservatives are now joining liberal critics of President Trump by demanding to know about his administration’s ties to Russia. We hear about Washington latest political flap and possible unintended consequence.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.2 | Trump and Russia, a real scandal or a diversion? |
| 0:15.5 | Hello again, I'm over and I'll mean, this is To the Point. |
| 0:18.4 | Just after the president accused Barack Obama of wiretapping |
| 0:21.6 | Trump Tower, WikiLeaks dumped a massive database revealing CIA hacking. Coincidence? Now, |
| 0:29.8 | conservatives are joining liberals and demanding to know if Trump and his associates have been |
| 0:34.3 | lying about collusion with Russia. But others insist such conspiracy theories lead down a rabbit hole and distract attention from health care, the environment, and the justice system. One week from the start of congressional hearings, we'll get the latest on the political firestorm. Later on today's talking point of federal court rules that congressional districts in Texas |
| 0:55.9 | were drawn to discriminate against blacks and Latinos. First, the news. Check out KCRW's all-news channel |
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| 1:22.7 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:31.7 | Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To The Point. Conservatives are now joining liberal critics of President Trump by demanding to know about his administration's ties to Russia. |
| 1:40.7 | We'll hear about Washington's latest political flap and possible unintended consequences. |
| 1:46.1 | Today's talking point, Texas is now the only state where a federal courts found that both voter ID laws and reapportionment have discriminated against blacks and Latinos. |
| 1:56.8 | It's a case that seems bound for the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| 2:00.7 | First, this news update, Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday, |
| 2:04.1 | and one candidate for Prime Minister is Hurt Fielders, |
| 2:07.7 | a populist with controversial views on Islam and immigrants. |
| 2:12.3 | His encouragement of anti-Muslim sentiment has helped change political discussion in the Netherlands. |
| 2:18.7 | Here's an angry response from President Erdogan of Turkey. |
| 2:22.0 | They don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. |
| 2:28.5 | They are very nervous and they are cowards. |
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