Hello listeners it is Thursday June 1st I'm Scott Land your host and you are

listening to Politico's nerdcast we have another packed show for you today

leading off president Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States

will pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, fulfilling a big campaign process, and giving us

a window into who's wielding power in the West Wing at this particular moment,

and as we know that Leaderboard is not a particularly stable one.

We'll also dig deeper into one West Wing Stafford,

in particular, Jared Kushner, and the escalating issues he's facing in the Russia probe right now.

And then we'll turn our eyes to Congress, which is, believe it or not, still racing to get some policy done

while the Russia circus and other circus like things dominate headlines.

And we'll talk a little bit about some of the internal deadlines that members of Congress

are facing.

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Greetings to our panel this week.

Hello Charlie McKessian.

Hello Scott Bland.

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