Weekly Roundup: Thursday May 11

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.4 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Fallout from the firing of FBI Director Comey continues, and congressional reporter Scott Detrow calls in from the road after a tense town hall. This episode: host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Geoff Bennett, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, 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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey guys, don't forget to check out up first in PR's new morning podcast.
0:04.8	It's ready at 6 a.m. Eastern time every weekday before my coffee is ready.
0:10.6	Always about 10 minutes long and you'll often hear some of us from the politics
0:15.0	podcast on up first talking through the day's headlines.
0:18.5	So check it out up first from NPR on NPR one or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.7	Hi, this is Sarah Garlitz sitting in the preschool pickup line in Homer City,
0:29.2	Pennsylvania.
0:30.4	This podcast was recorded at 238 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, the 11th things may
0:36.9	change by the time you hear it.
0:38.8	Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage at mpr.org on the NPR one app and on
0:45.2	your local public radio station.
0:47.2	Okay, here's the show.
0:52.2	It's the NPR politics podcast here to talk about a wild week of political news in
0:58.0	the days that have followed president Donald Trump's firing of FBI director James
1:02.5	Comey.
1:03.2	I'm Tamer Keith.
1:03.9	I cover the White House for NPR.
1:05.5	I'm Jeff Bennett.
1:06.2	I cover Congress.
1:07.4	I'm Mara Liason, the National Political Correspondent and I'm Dominican Manitano,
1:11.3	a political editor.
1:12.3	All right, guys, I'm exhausted.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.