Weekly Roundup: Thursday, January 5

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Intelligence officials testify about Russian hacking on Capitol Hill, and the Obamacare showdown looms. This episode: host/reporter Sam Sanders, White House reporter Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Susan Davis, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. 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	I'll sing it.
0:01.5	Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
0:04.3	It's 2017, time to give NPR1 a try.
0:07.9	Our app for public radio stories and all your favorite podcasts.
0:12.0	And hey, NPR has a new show.
0:14.0	It's called One A. And it's your daily detox from the social media echo chamber, which
0:19.3	is to say, civil discourse with people who don't always agree.
0:23.5	Count 1A with Joshua Johnson from WAMU and NPR at NPR.org slash podcast.
0:30.5	Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics podcast here with our first weekly roundup of 2017.
0:42.9	We are only five days into this new year, but we already have a lot to talk about.
0:47.5	Russia, hacking, Donald Trump's latest counter deployments, the coming fight over Obamacare,
0:52.7	plus a listen to question or two or three, and what we can't let go this week.
0:57.0	I'm Sam Sanders, reporter here at NPR.
0:58.7	I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.
1:00.2	I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
1:01.7	And I'm Dominican Moncinaro, political editor.
1:03.9	Happy new year. What did you guys do for New Year's?
1:06.0	State home. It was very nice.
1:08.1	Just kind of got re-acquainted with the kids and the puppy.
1:11.8	We acquainted. Did you lose acquaintance with your children over the last year?
1:15.2	I think it's possible.
1:16.2	OK.
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