Hey NPR, this is Miles. I'm coming up on one month of living in New York City,

and I finally feel like I'm getting into a routine. The other day, somebody jumped on the subway

and asked if it was stopping at a specific stop, and I instinctually knew the answer,

and when I tell you, I've never been more excited in my life. This podcast was recorded at

104 PM on Thursday, March 2nd. Things may have changed by the time you hear it,

but I'll probably still be writing out the excitement of knowing where the subway was stopping.

That's so cool. I think that makes you a local once you have that feeling.

Yeah. New York is a kind of place that once you feel comfortable, it's like a whole new world,

because it's hard to get on that treadmill and keep going. Exactly. Yeah. I felt like King of the

world when I had my own experience there. I felt the same way. Once I knew how the trains ran,

I felt like I knew everything. Hey there, it's the MPR Politics podcast. I'm Susan Davis.

I cover politics. I'm Claudigh Riesalis. I cover Congress. And I'm Dominican Montenores,

Senior Political Editor, and Correspondent. And how Speaker Kevin McCarthy recently provided Fox

News's Tucker Carlson exclusive access to the security footage from the January 6th attack

on the US Capitol. Carlson, of course, has used his platform to spread conspiracy theories and

sometimes outright lies about the 2020 election and the January 6th attack to his

sizable and influential Fox News audience. So, Claudigh, how did McCarthy justify the reasoning

behind this decision? Well, he said it's time to let the sunshine in. He said he was asked

about this before he was House Speaker and he had given the same response, which is that

sunshine matters. And so everyone should be able to look and see these tapes. And he said

Carlson had already expressed interest in this footage. And he said it was tantamount to other

media outlets airing the same tape from that day. And he also did highlight that he had his

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