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The Daily 202's Big Idea

Trump's wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview

The Daily 202's Big Idea

The Washington Post

Politics, News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

President Trump talked about how he'll handle Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, his mockery of Christine Blasey Ford, his unsupported assertion that China meddled in the 2016 elections and more.

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0:00.0

The Power of Possible.

0:05.0

Learn more at U.S. Bank.

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slash Newsroom.

0:08.0

Good morning.

0:12.0

I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

0:15.1

202 for Monday, October 15th. In today's news, Elizabeth Warren releases a DNA test to prove she has Native American ancestry.

0:27.7

Hillary Clinton says her husband did not abuse power with Monica Lewinsky.

0:32.6

And immigration is working to the GOP's advantage

0:35.9

in the midterms.

0:37.5

But first, the big idea.

0:44.0

In a wide-ranging interview that aired Sunday night on 60 minutes, President Trump promised

0:48.6

that Saudi Arabia will face severe punishment if they're found to be responsible for killing Washington

0:54.5

Post columnist Jamal Koshogi. As he told CBS's Leslie Stahl... There's a lot at stake

1:00.2

and maybe especially so because this man was a reporter.

1:06.3

There's something you'll be surprised to hear me say that.

1:08.5

There's something really terrible and disgusting about that if that were the case.

1:13.6

So we're going to have to see.

1:15.0

We're going to get to the bottom of it

1:16.7

and there will be severe punishment.

1:18.6

Still, Trump noted that the Saudis deny wrongdoing

1:22.3

and maintained his opposition to canceling arm sales to the country.

1:26.0

He said such a response would be very foolish because it would hurt US defense contractors.

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