Weekly Roundup: Thursday, August 17

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 18 August 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Charlottesville — and the President's reaction — dominated the week. This episode: host/editor/correspondent Ron Elving, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, White House reporter Geoff Bennett, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and White House correspondent Scott Horsley. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Gregory Warner here to tell you about NPR's new international podcast called Rough Translation.
0:06.8	Each week we're going to take you to a different country to hear a story that reflects back
0:10.0	on something that we are talking about here in the United States.
0:13.5	Maybe get a perspective shift.
0:15.7	Travel with us.
0:16.7	Rough translation is on NPR1 or wherever you get your podcast.
0:20.7	Hi, this is Jordan.
0:23.2	This is John.
0:24.2	And we are calling from the midway at the Iowa State Fair where John has just finished
0:29.2	a deep fried cheesy enchilada funnel cake.
0:33.6	This podcast was recorded at 1.12 pm.
0:37.6	Things might have changed by the time you hear it.
0:40.9	You can keep up with NPR's Politics Coverage at npr.org on the NPR1 app or by listening
0:47.1	to your local NPR station.
0:48.7	All right, here's the show.
0:51.1	It's the NPR Politics podcast here with our weekly roundup of political news.
0:59.2	This weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, a white nationalist protest turned violent.
1:04.0	A counter-protester was killed and the nation was left reeling.
1:07.7	The president has wobbled in his response to the events.
1:11.2	Plus the Senate race in Alabama has offered the president an unlikely partnership.
1:16.6	I'm Ron Elving, Editor-Corerespondent.
1:19.0	I'm Jeff Bennett.
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