Weekly Roundup: Thursday, December 7

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 7 December 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) announced he's resigning, after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. Congress and the president are trying to work out a deal to fund the government. There are protests in Gaza and the West Bank after Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. And FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress. This episode: host/congressional reporter Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Scott Horsley, congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson and editor correspondent Ron Elving. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Scott Detro.
0:01.2	And I'm Tamer Keith.
0:02.4	And before we get to the show, we just want to let you know that we are doing a live show here in DC in January.
0:08.5	It's at the Warner Theater and it's called President Trump One Year in.
0:13.2	If you're in town, if you're nearby, we'd love for you to join us.
0:16.1	You'll want to be indoors in January, watching us do our live podcasts.
0:20.4	It's true. Last time we did it, it was a nice, warm, cozy environment.
0:24.4	Great time.
0:25.1	And what could possibly be a better holiday gift than hanging out with us?
0:29.0	You can learn more and get tickets at nprpresence.org.
0:32.7	That's nprpresencealloneword.org.
0:36.0	It's going to be a lot of fun.
0:36.9	We'll all be there.
0:37.7	We'd love for you to be there too.
0:40.3	This is Tim at the Chattano Massachusetts Fish Pier, waiting for Santa to arrive on an antique Coast Guard boat.
0:46.8	This podcast was recorded at 113 Eastern on Thursday, December 7.
0:52.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:54.4	Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage at npr.org, the NPR One App,
1:01.1	and on your local public radio station.
1:03.2	Here comes Santa.
1:04.7	So here's the show. Ho, ho, ho.
1:10.9	That was good doc street cred with the Seagulls and everything.
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