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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast here with our weekly roundup of this week's

biggest political stories. With a dangerous hurricane headed toward the East Coast,

President Trump is claiming the death toll in Puerto Rico's hurricane last year

is a political attempt to undermine him. We'll talk about that.

And with the midterms getting closer and closer, we'll step back and look at what's at stake

for both parties on Election Day. I'm Scott Detrello, I cover Congress.

I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.

I'm Asma Khaled, I cover politics.

And I'm Mara Laiason, National and Political Correspondent.

All right, so Hurricane Florence is headed straight towards South Carolina.

Right now it's incredibly dangerous. And as that's happening,

President Trump is revisiting last year and making some pretty surprising claims

about Puerto Rico's death toll.

We're going to get to that controversy and we are going to do some fact checking in a moment.

But first, let's take a couple minutes to talk about Hurricane Florence.

And to do that, we're going to call up our friend Sarah McCammon, who is covering the hurricane.

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