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To the Point

Trump's Russia ties intensify with Comey firing

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe contradicted the Trump White House today, insisting the Bureau had not lost faith in former Director James Comey. He promised to notify the committee of any interference into investigation of the Trump campaign's contacts with Vladimir Putin's Russia. What do we know about those contacts… and how they relate to Trump's business interests and those of his family?

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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

James Comey's firing. The fallout continues.

0:14.2

Hello again, I'm Arunalny, and this is To the Point.

0:17.3

Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe contradicted the Trump White House today, insisting

0:21.9

the Bureau had not lost faith in former director James Comey. MacKee promised to notify a Senate

0:27.5

Committee of any interference into investigation of the Trump campaign's contacts with Vladimir

0:32.7

Putin's Russia. What do we know about those contacts and how they relate to Trump's business interests

0:38.0

and those of his family? Later on today's program, the rate of police killings of unarmed

0:43.3

people is on the rise, but Black Lives Matter is changing tactics. A transition from street

0:49.3

protest to civic action has been spurred by the policies of Donald Trump. And there's special attention this week to Mother's Day.

0:57.4

First, here's the news.

1:02.6

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1:09.6

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1:15.4

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1:24.7

Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

1:35.8

Hello again, Mormon-N-Aulney, back with To the Point. Despite continued police killings of unarmed people, Black Lives Matter is moving away from street protests.

1:43.6

A shift to civic action on the local

1:45.8

level is being called the cutting edge of civil rights activism in the age of Donald Trump.

1:51.0

That's the second half of today's program. First, the aftermath of President Trump's sudden

1:56.0

firing of FBI director James Comey. Acting Director Andrew McCabe was a witness today before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

2:03.7

Questioned by Oklahoma Republican James Lankford, McCabe said the Bureau has the resources

2:08.1

to continue investigating the Trump campaign's connections to Russia and that no experienced agents

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