Weekly Roundup: Thursday, November 1

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.4 • 25.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

President Trump signaled in a speech at the White House that he wants to make changes to the asylum policy, but offers no concrete plan. Plus, a new NPR poll finds that eighty-percent of voters believe incivility in politics will lead to violence, but they are split on whose responsibility it is. This episode: political reporter Asma Khalid, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Scott Horsley, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, political editor Domenico Montanaro, and editor 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 Julie.
0:05.0	And Annie.
0:06.0	That noise you just heard is a sound of democracy.
0:09.0	We're printing our absentee ballots here in Vienna, Austria to make sure our vote counts
0:13.8	on November 6th.
0:15.6	This podcast was recorded at 5.06 pm on Thursday, November 1st.
0:21.6	Things may have changed.
0:22.6	Annie, who are we kidding?
0:24.5	Things will have definitely changed.
0:26.4	By the time you hear this, here's the show.
0:29.4	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast here with our weekly roundup of the week's
0:36.8	biggest political stories.
0:38.8	President Trump gave a White House speech on immigration just days before the midterm
0:42.6	elections.
0:43.6	And an NPR poll found that 80% of Americans think incivility in our politics will lead to violence.
0:50.1	But who do they blame?
0:51.1	I'm Asma Khalid, political reporter.
0:53.2	I'm Tamerke, thank you for the White House.
0:55.0	I'm Mara Laiasson, National Political Correspondent.
0:57.6	And I'm Scott Horsley, and I also cover the White House.
0:59.6	So Scott, let's start with you.
1:01.0	You're there at the White House.
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