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local public radio station. Okay, here's the show. It's the NPR Politics podcast here to round up

some of the week's political news. A lot of 180's for President Trump and we are not talking about

skateboarding from Russia to NATO even Steve Bannon. Plus a couple of special elections in Kansas

and Georgia where Jenny lives and what they could tell us about the future. I'm Tamar Keith,

I cover the White House for NPR. I'm Scott Detro, I cover Congress. I'm Scott Horsley, I also cover

the White House. And I'm Ron Elving, Editor-Carris Pond. All right, so Scott Detro, you are in California,

beautiful. I'm from NPR West Studios in Culver City, California. All right, so how are we going to

differentiate between Scott Horsley and Scott Detro? How about Detro and Horsley? Can I,

is that okay guys? Absolutely. It's better than Daniel called me Scotty a couple of weeks ago.

Okay, how about Scott here and Scott there? Okay, so Scott Detro in California, we are going to

talk about your trip and the reporting that you're doing out there in a bit. But let's get started with

some news from today. The GBU 43 bomb known as the Mother of All Bombs was dropped today by the US

military in eastern Afghanistan targeting a series of caves used by Islamic state fighters.

That bomb has never been used in combat before. It weighs 21,000 pounds. That's equivalent to 11

tons of TNT. That is a fraction of a fraction of a nuclear weapon, which are measured in

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