Weekly Roundup: February 28th

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 28 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

By some measures, this week was the stock market's worst since the 2008 financial crisis as traders worried about the market impacts of the new coronavirus. The administration continues its effort to project stability and preparedness. If the downturn lasts though, it does not bode well for the president's reelection chances.

Also, former Vice President Joe Biden faces what may be the most pivotal day of his half-century long political career in Saturday's South Carolina primary. Ahead of the vote, our portrait of his candidacy at this inflection point.

This episode: congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Megan and I'm calling for Maryland where I'm getting ready to celebrate my ninth birthday on Saturday, February 29th,
0:06.3	along with 4 million of my fellow Leap Day babies all over the world.
0:09.9	This podcast was recorded at...
0:11.9	209 PM on Friday, February 28th.
0:15.0	Things may have changed before you hear this, and they will definitely change before my next birthday in 2024.
0:20.9	Okay, enjoy the show!
0:22.5	Oh, those Leap Day babies, they always get me! Scott and I were sitting here being like,
0:28.9	Hi!
0:29.9	It's a really old nine year old, 79 year old.
0:31.9	When do they celebrate their birthdays? Is it like the day before, day after?
0:36.9	Whenever the weekend is, I don't know, just like the rest of us, right?
0:39.9	It's like...
0:40.9	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Kelsey Snow, like Upper Congress.
0:44.9	I'm Dominic Amoncin, our Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:47.9	And once again, we are joined for a little bit of bad news special guesting from our friends Scott Horsley,
0:54.9	who left us not that long ago to go to the business desk.
0:58.9	I'm the Maria Barteromo of the Politics Podcast.
1:00.9	Well, welcome back and let us know what bad news you're here to share.
1:04.9	Another down day on Wall Street.
1:06.9	The free fall of the stock market continues as investors try to get a handle on how much economic damage the coronavirus might do to the US economy and the global economy.
1:15.9	All right, you use the word free fall, but I've also heard,
1:18.9	you can keep dying or slight or correction. Can you explain what those things mean and what this actually is?
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