Weekly Roundup: Thursday, June 7

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

President Trump prepares for a summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un while heading to Canada to defend his trade tactics to the G-7 allies. Republicans try to reach an agreement for an internal debate over immigration. And Trump cancels a meeting with the NFL. This episode: political reporter Asma Khalid, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, Congressional correspondent Susan Davis and editor and correspondent Ron Elving. 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	Hi, this is Layla, calling from Singapore, where preparations are underway for next week's
0:04.8	US-North Korea Summit.
0:06.2	Hey, Layla!
0:07.2	That was a very apt timestamp because we're talking about North Korea.
0:10.4	This podcast was recorded at 315 PM on Thursday, June 7th.
0:15.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:17.4	Okay, here's the show.
0:19.2	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast, and we're here with our weekly roundup of the
0:26.9	biggest political stories.
0:28.6	We'll talk North Korea, trade, and tariffs.
0:30.7	Plus, Republicans met this morning to find a consensus on immigration policy, but the
0:35.2	immigration infighting continues.
0:37.5	And the defending Super Bowl champs, the Philadelphia Eagles, were supposed to visit the
0:41.6	White House.
0:42.6	But Trump uninvited them.
0:44.3	I'm Asma Khaled, political reporter.
0:46.1	I'm Ron Elving, Editor correspondent.
0:47.8	I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent, and I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:52.2	Alright, so let's start with the press conference that just happened.
0:56.5	President Trump was with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
0:59.9	They were talking about the preparations going on for this North Korean summit.
1:04.5	And what struck me is there were sort of two big, I would say, news nuggets that I found
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