Weekly Roundup: Friday, March 6th

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, News, Daily News

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🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

As the public continues to brace for the spread of the new coronavirus, President Trump has continued to spread misinformation about the disease. And Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, made charged remarks on the steps of the Supreme Court that drew a rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, science correspondent Richard Harris, legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, and congressional editor Deirdre Walsh.

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0:00.0	This is Katie and Aaron.
0:02.0	We are currently starting our last day of our 3-day hike on the Kepler track in beautiful New Zealand.
0:08.0	We are also celebrating getting engaged atop Mount Luxemore.
0:12.0	This podcast was recorded at 12.10pm on Friday, March 6th.
0:17.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:20.0	Enjoy the show.
0:24.0	There are already the couple that talks the same.
0:27.0	It's so cute! They were lit. The timing was a little off, but I give them a few more years.
0:31.0	They'll get it.
0:32.0	They'll just start dressing alike, too.
0:34.0	A lot more years.
0:35.0	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:38.0	I'm Franco Ordonia, I cover the White House.
0:41.0	And I'm Ayesirasco, I also cover the White House.
0:43.0	And we've got a special guest in studio with us today. Please introduce yourself.
0:47.0	I'm Richard Harris, a science correspondent and I guess a coronavirus correspondent for the last month or so.
0:52.0	And that is why we have you in the podcast today because we're going to talk about the latest politics on the coronavirus.
0:56.0	But we've bought Richard in to set us straight on the science.
1:00.0	President Trump was talking with Sean Hannity on Fox News about the World Health Organization's recent coronavirus death rate estimate of 3.4% and he said this.
1:08.0	Well, I think the 3.4% is really a false number.
1:12.0	Now, this is just my hunch.
1:15.0	But based on a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this, because a lot of people will have this and it's very mild.
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