Trump’s Prime-Time Address

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🗓️ 9 January 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Millions of Americans watched on Tuesday night as President Trump made his case for a wall on the southern border, and as Democratic leaders dismissed his talk of crisis. Guests: Michael M. Grynbaum, who covers the media for The New York Times, and Mark Landler, a White House correspondent. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarale. This is the day.
0:10.3	Today, millions of Americans watched on Tuesday night as President Trump made his case for a
0:17.6	wall on the southern border and as democratic leaders rebuked that case.
0:23.5	Why did we need a presidential address for both sides to say what they've been saying for weeks?
0:43.0	It's Wednesday, January 9.
0:50.2	Are you going to do the music?
0:51.2	Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh.
0:53.4	Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun.
0:54.6	Oh, that was pretty good.
0:55.6	Dun dun dun dun dun.
0:56.1	Oh, it's like burned in your brain.
0:58.5	Oh, right? I can do all three.
1:00.3	Okay, great. We're getting ready.
1:05.1	Michael Graham, you cover media for the time.
1:07.6	What's the significance of a presidential address to the nation?
1:11.3	There's a whole ritual surrounding these events.
1:14.9	This is an ABC News special report.
1:17.4	The president breaks into regular programming. There's a special bulletin.
1:21.4	This is an NBC News special report.
1:25.1	You hear that trumpet score come out from NBC News.
1:28.7	A presidential address to the nation.
1:30.9	It all signals to us that something very important is going on.
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