Wednesday, February 22, 2023
The 7
The Washington Post
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Wednesday briefing: Biden and Putin’s dueling speeches; toxic cleanup in Ohio; Jennifer McClellan; four-day workweek; and more
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Democrats won a special election in the House yesterday. |
| 0:04.3 | Also, one of the world's biggest four-day work week trials just ended. |
| 0:08.3 | spoiler alert, it was successful. |
| 0:10.8 | That's some of what would get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:14.4 | I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Wednesday, February 22nd. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. First up, President Biden accused Russia of crimes against humanity. |
| 0:29.9 | Biden spoke to a crowd in Poland yesterday. He urged nations to recommit to defending Ukraine |
| 0:35.1 | ahead of Friday's anniversary of the start of the war. |
| 0:38.2 | One year into this war, Putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition, but he still doubts our conviction. |
| 0:47.2 | He doubts our staying power. |
| 0:49.8 | He doubts our continued support for Ukraine. He doubts whether NATO can |
| 0:54.0 | whether NATO can remain unified. |
| 0:56.4 | But there should be no doubt. |
| 0:58.1 | Our support for Ukraine will not waver. |
| 1:01.1 | NATO will not be divided and we will not tire. Meanwhile in Russia |
| 1:06.1 | President Vladimir Putin announced that he suspending participation in a key |
| 1:10.6 | nuclear arms treaty with the US. |
| 1:13.0 | This was alarming to Western officials. |
| 1:16.0 | The bigger picture here is that the two speeches came at a pivotal moment in the war. |
| 1:21.0 | Military analysts say that fighting in the spring could be decisive. |
| 1:24.0 | Number two, the EPA is taking control of the response to the toxic Ohio train crash. |
| 1:36.8 | The derailment happened earlier this month. |
| 1:39.3 | It released chemicals and fumes in East Palestine, that's near the Pennsylvania border. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Washington Post, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Washington Post and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.