Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 28 February 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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How a dinner party in Washington held months before Donald Trump announced his run for president laid the groundwork for his sweeping immigration plans today. Guests: Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine; Joe Cochrane, a correspondent for the International New York Times. 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 Barbaro.
0:02.4	This is the day.
0:09.2	Today, what a dinner party in Washington
0:12.8	held months before Donald Trump decided to run for president
0:16.0	tells us about the origins of his sweeping immigration plans today.
0:20.8	And, part two in the story of Sammy,
0:24.0	the young refugee from Afghanistan
0:26.0	who made a dash for the United States,
0:28.4	uncertain whether the president's executive order on immigration
0:32.0	would block him from becoming an American.
0:34.4	It's Tuesday, February 28th.
0:41.4	Thank you very much, everybody, for being here today.
0:44.4	It is with great pride, very great pride.
0:48.4	There may be no more powerful tool in helping to carry out
0:52.4	Donald Trump's agenda than the office of the United States Attorney General.
0:56.4	That I say these words to you right now.
1:00.4	Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
1:04.4	Welcome to the White House.
1:12.4	In choosing former Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions,
1:16.4	Trump found a man who has long held a very particular vision
1:20.4	of immigration.
1:22.4	A few years ago Sessions met someone who shared that vision.
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