Trump's Press Conference, Tillerson's Hearing

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🗓️ 12 January 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Donald Trump's first press conference in 167 days — on the same day as his pick Secretary of State Rex Tillerson begins his Senate Confirmation Hearing. This episode: host/congressional reporter Scott Detrow, White House reporter Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Susan Davis, and editor/corrspondent. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:41.0	episode this weekend. All right, and here is our show, some of which by the way, was ripped right
0:45.6	from a radio broadcast we did on NPR late last night. That's why you'll hear us in our official
0:50.7	radio personalities. Here's the show. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast here with a recap
1:02.0	of another huge day of political news. We'll talk about President-elect Donald Trump's first press
1:07.5	conference in 167 days. We'll also cover the first day of Senate confirmation hearings for
1:13.7	Rex Tillerson. Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State. We'll also talk about the hearing for
1:18.4	Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump's pick for Attorney General, a whole lot to talk about. I'm Scott
1:23.6	Tattrel, I cover Congress for NPR. I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House. I'm Susan Davis,
1:27.4	I cover Congress. And I'm Ron Elving. Donald Trump's pick for Editor Correspondent.
1:31.6	We confirm, huh? Make it well, not yet Senate confirmed, so just just just a nominee.
1:36.2	Multiple news organizations are reporting. We are going to give you one hell of a hearing, Ron.
1:40.7	Tam, you described yesterday as a news tsunami. The waves are still crashing today.
1:46.0	Yeah, I feel like I'm still swimming or trying to swim, treading, treading water.
1:50.7	All right, one thing at a time. Let's start with the Trump press conference. Before we get into
1:54.8	the play by play, let's do some quick takeaways around the table. Tamara, what's up to you from this?
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