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Casey, Libby - Host
TO "WASHINGTON JOURNAL," ON JANUARY 27, 2013. CONGRESS WILL BE IN WASHINGTON AND PRESIDENT OBAMA TRAVELS TO LAS VEGAS. IN WASHINGTON NEWS, THE IOWA SENATOR...
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REFORM EDUCATION. I KNOW THE POLITICS OF IT. I KNOW THE PROBLEMS. I KNOW THE ISSUES. BUT, CAN YOU IMAGINING HOW SMART THE STATE WOULD BE WHEN WE ACTUALLY...
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| 00:06:15 |
Casey, Libby - Host
YOU WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING YOUR STATE OR COMMONWEALTH. THE COMMENTS ARE COMING IN ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. ON TWITTER -- MISERY IS DEALING...
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GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -- OUR STANDARD OF LIVING IS WHAT KEEPS IS GOING. NOBODY CAN LIVE ON $7.25 HOUR....
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Casey, Libby - Host
CALLING TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE?
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CALLER: YES, MA'AM. IF EVERYBODY MAKES AT LEAST $12 AN HOUR, THIS COUNTRY WOULD BOOM SO FAST. HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -- I THINK IT IS EVERYWHERE....
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| 00:09:43 |
Casey, Libby - Host
ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION FACTORING INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TEXAS? IF WE EXPECT THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE REMARKS ON IMMIGRATION IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK. CALLER:...
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FALLS BACK ON THE STANDARD OF LIVING. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT OR NOT. IF YOU ARE A PERSON THAT IS LIVING IN THE COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT...
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| 00:10:32 |
Casey, Libby - Host
YOU FOR YOUR CALL. THE HIGHEST SALARY IS $179,000. THE LOWEST IS IN MAINE FOR $70,000. THE AVERAGE GOVERNOR SALARY IS $130,000. BILLY IS UP NEXT IN FLORIDA...
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CALLER: HELLO. I WAS WATCHING THE LOCAL NEWS THE OTHER DAY IN FLORIDA. THEY HAD GOV. SCOTT IN TALLAHASSEE SAYING THEY HAD NOT SEE AN -- THEY HAD NOT...
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DID YOU MAKE OF THAT? CALLER: I THINK
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THEY ARE IN TROUBLE. I AM 75 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE LOST MY MEDICARE COVERAGE. HOST: ARE YOU
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| 00:11:34 |
Casey, Libby - Host
FOLLOWING THE CHOICES THE BETTER SCOTT IS MAKING IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH- CARE LAW? CALLER: I DID
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NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT WHAT GOV. SCOTT SAYS ABOUT IT. HOST: WHAT ELSE IS GOING
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| 00:11:43 |
Casey, Libby - Host
ON DOWN IN FLORIDA? HOW IS THE ECONOMY? CALLER: I
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WATCHED THE GOVERNOR COMMENTS YESTERDAY AND SCOTT WALKER HAD A GREAT IDEA. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. HOST: AND HOW
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Casey, Libby - Host
DID THAT MAKE YOU RESPOND? CALLER:
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ABOUT THE WORKING CLASS. I AM GLAD WE ARE NOT ALL CONSIDERED BLUE-COLLAR. HOST: LET US TAKE A
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| 00:12:15 |
Casey, Libby - Host
LOOK AT A PALM BEACH POST ABOUT FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR. IT SAYS HE IS TAKING A SOFTER TONE. IT SAYS -- -- WOMEN TO GET FREE CONTRACEPTION AND SENIORS...
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CALLER: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. ONE LITTLE SHORT COMMENT -- OUR ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE DOING RATHER WELL HERE. IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE WELL. I HAVE...
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| 00:15:14 |
Casey, Libby - Host
THE KANSAS GOVERNOR AND REPUBLICANS ARE SEEKING TO IMMELMANN -- SEEKING TO ELIMINATE THE INCOME TAX. MANY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN KANSAS HOPE WILL...
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ALL FOR THAT. I THINK SEVERAL OTHER STATES ARE FOR THAT. I VOTED FOR HIM. HE IS BLACK AWAY AT THINGS AND I AM ALL FOR THAT. -- HE IS WHACKING AWAY AT...
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| 00:16:00 |
Casey, Libby - Host
WHAT THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS -- DOUG IS UP NEXT IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS ON OUR DEMOCRAT LINE. CALLER: DOUBLE VERY
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MUCH FOR TAKING MY CALL. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP ON A CALL A MINUTE AGO RELATING TO THE GUY THAT CALLED IN ABOUT -- HOST: ABOUT TEXAS
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OR SOMEPLACE ELSE? CALLER: I AM IN TEXAS BUT
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I AM CALLING TO FOLLOW UP ABOUT THE CALL EARLIER HOW WORKERS -- IN TEXAS -- HOS HOST:
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| 00:17:03 |
Casey, Libby - Host
I THINK WE LOST HIM. A REPUBLICAN CALLER IN MASSACHUSETTS. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THE BIGGEST ISSUE
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FACING OUR STATE IS THE FRAUD IN THE WELFARE SYSTEM. WE SEE GOOD HARD-WORKING FOLKS GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. WE HAVE WHAT THEY WEEBT CARDS. THEY GIVE THEM...
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Casey, Libby - Host
ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GOVERNOR DUVAL PATRICK. CALLER: HE IS
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PRETTY MUCH A LIBERAL. I THINK HE IS GROOMING HIMSELF FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. I KNOW HE IS GOING TO BE GOING INTO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR SOME TYPE...
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| 00:19:31 |
Casey, Libby - Host
TAKE A LISTEN TO ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS IN THE COUNTRY WHO HAS BECOME A LEADING VOICE IN GOP ISSUES. THIS IS CHRIS CHRISTIE IN HIS STATE OF...
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EVIDENCE THAT NEW JERSEY HAS NOT LET'S STOP OUR TURNAROUND. AND I'M UNEMPLOYMENT IS COMING DOWN -- UNEMPLOYMENT IS COMING DOWN. 2011 WAS OUR BEST PRIVATE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY. HERE ARE COMMENTS COMING IN ON TWITTER. "THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN NEW JERSEY IS PROPERTY TAXES WHICH GOES TO PAY HIGH SALARIES...
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CALLER: [INDISCERNIBLE] -- THEY JUST SIT HOME AND GET GET DEBT. THEY HAVE BECOME LAZY. HOST:
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Casey, Libby - Host
MY ON OUR REPUBLICANS LINE. -- MIKE ON OUR REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I
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WANT TO COMMENT ON THE PRESCRIPTION PILLS ON OUR STATE. WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC IN OUR STATE WHERE YOU CANNOT EVEN LEAVE YOUR HOME TO GO TO THE STORE. IF...
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Casey, Libby - Host
SEE YOUR STATE DO ABOUT IT? CALLER: THEY ARE
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CRACKING DOWN ON A LOT OF THE DOCTORS. I AM -- I AM NOT AGAINST FOREIGNERS COMING INTO THE COUNTRY. IT IS NOT JUST THE WHITE PEOPLE, THE BLACK AMERICANS...
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HOST: FOREIGN DOCTORS? CALLER: MY
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WIFE IS ON THESE PILLS AND SHE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN FEBRUARY. EVERY TIME SHE WENT INTO A DOCTOR THEY PRESCRIBED XANAX. I THINK THEY NEED TO STOP...
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| 00:27:33 |
Casey, Libby - Host
AM SORRY ABOUT THE LOSS OF YOUR WIFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PHONE CALLS. WE WILL TALK TO THE TALLAHASSEE BUREAU CHIEF OF THE MIAMI BUREAU.
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. HOST: WHAT
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| 00:27:52 |
Casey, Libby - Host
OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR THE FACES? -- WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FLORIDA FACES? CALLER: THE ECONOMY IS MOVING
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ON A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN. WE HAVE SEEN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET PICKING UP HERE. IT CERTAINLY IS NOT AT A PACE THAT IS ENOUGH TO BRING...
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| 00:28:51 |
Casey, Libby - Host
CALLERS EARLIER TALKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL HEALTH-CARE LAW AND HOW REALISTIC IS DEALING WITH IT -- HOW REAL ESTATE IS DEALING WITH IT. CAN YOU STILL HEAR...
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AM GREATLY PLEASED WITH THE JOB THE GOVERNOR IS DOING. THE ONLY THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS THE VACANT SENATE SEAT. PATRICK SHOULD NOMINATE MARTHA KOLBE...
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| 00:30:00 |
Casey, Libby - Host
HOST: WE WILL GO TO DIANE. WOULD YOU THINK IS GOING ON IN SOUTH DAKOTA? CALLER: THERE IS
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A LOT GOING ON HERE. I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1979. THE ECONOMY HERE HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN. WE ARE IN A MILD RECESSION. ONE THING GOING ON HERE IN HOT...
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| 00:32:24 |
Casey, Libby - Host
MIAMI FLORIDA IS UP NEXT. HELLO, HERBERT. CALLER: RICK
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SCOTT PROMISED JOBS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT YET. HIS APPROVAL RATING IS WAY DOWN LOW. HE IS GOING TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE AND HE IS TRYING TO...
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| 00:34:27 |
Casey, Libby - Host
LET'S LEAVE IT THERE. WE WILL TAKE UP WHAT YOU MENTIONED WITH MARY ELLEN CLOTH, BACK WITH US ON THE LINE. CALLER: I APOLOGIZE FOR
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THAT. HOST: TO LIVE FOR GETTING
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| 00:34:44 |
Casey, Libby - Host
UP SO EARLY. OUR LAST CALLER SAID HE THINKS RICK SCOTT IS TRYING TO REACH UP TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, BUT HE SAYS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. WHAT...
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HAS REALLY HAD THE POPULARITY RATINGS THAT HAVE STALLED EVER SINCE HE HAS BEEN ELECTED INTO OFFICE. ONE OF THE LATEST THINGS HE HAS BEEN DOING IS AFTER...
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Casey, Libby - Host
FLORIDA HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THAT? IS THERE ANY PUSH BACK? CALLER: THE COST IS
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ESTIMATED AT $480 MILLION. THE GOVERNOR HAS YET TO GIVE US HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. HE WILL BE RELEASING THAT THIS WEEK. WE WILL SEE WHERE HE PLANS TO PAY...
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| 00:36:47 |
Casey, Libby - Host
AN EARLIER CALLER TALKED ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE LAW. RICK SCOTT WAS AN OPPONENT OF IT. HOW DOES THAT BALANCE THINGS OUT IN FLORIDA?
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CALLER: FLORIDA IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION. IT HAS SOME CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO WORK OUT A IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE...
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| 00:38:32 |
Casey, Libby - Host
THE STORIES YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING IS THE ETHICS BILL, A MAJOR ETHICS BILL THAT LEGISLATURES ARE LOOKING AT IN YOUR STATE. WHY IS THE SURFACING? WHAT...
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HAS NOT BEEN ANY MAJOR, ONE SINGULAR SCANDAL THAT HAS HAPPENED. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW THINGS A IN THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE WHERE THE INCOMING THE -- ...
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Casey, Libby - Host
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. CALLER: YOU
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ARE WELCOME. HOST: THERE IS THE FRONT
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Casey, Libby - Host
PAGE OF "THE MIAMI HERALD." WE ARE ASKING YOU WHAT THE BIGGEST ISSUES ARE FACING YOUR STATE. WE WILL TALK TO A REPORTER IN ILLINOIS AND A LITTLE WHILE....
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CALLER: PROUD OF IT. I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, IF WE DO NOT STOP WHAT IS GOING ON IN MEXICO AND IF WE CANNOT STOP WHAT IS GOING ON IN MEXICO, WE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
TO THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE GRAPPLING WITH THE ARIZONA -- WITH IMMIGRATION. JAN BREWER OF ARIZONA. [VIDEO CLIP] >> YOU CANNOT
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DISCUSS ARIZONA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT MENTIONING MEXICO. I HAVE HEARD ERNEST CALLS FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM. I AGREE OUR SYSTEM...
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Casey, Libby - Host
GOV. JIM BREWER. HERE IS A COMMENT ON TWITTER. HERE IS A STORY FROM LOCAL TV STATION WBTV IN CHARLOTTE ABOUT THIS. IT SAYS THE IDEA TO ELIMINATE AN INCOME...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE BY SETTING, CAN I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET MY POINT ACROSS? WE HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR WHO LEFT CONGRESS AS A...
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Casey, Libby - Host
FOCUS ON THE STATES HERE THIS MORNING. LET'S LOOK AT AN ARTICLE TOUCHING ON WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP. YOUR GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE. IT'S IS NEAR THE END OF...
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ME. HOST:
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Casey, Libby - Host
GIVE US A SENSE OF ILLINOIS'S BUDGET PROBLEMS. CALLER: THE
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BUDGET PROBLEMS ARE BACK, THAT IS FRIGHTENING GIVEN THAT THEY DID HIKE THE INCOME TAX AND THAT IS SET TO EXPIRE NEXT YEAR. THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE BUDGET...
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Casey, Libby - Host
TAXES. THE TEMPORARY TAX CUT IS SET TO EXPIRE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. IS THAT ALREADY BEING TALKED ABOUT RIGHT NOW? CALLER: RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE
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GOV., A DEMOCRAT WHO TOOK OVER. HE WAS THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND WON THE ELECTION BY HIMSELF. HE HAS BEEN SEEN AS A WEEK GOVERNOR. ALREADY ARE HEARING...
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Casey, Libby - Host
ON THE AGENDA? WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? CALLER: TODAY HE IS EXPECTED
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TO SIGN LEGISLATION THAT WOULD GIVE A LEGAL IMMIGRANTS OR THOSE LIVING HERE WITHOUT PAPERS THE ABILITY TO DRIVE. IT WOULD BE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. IT...
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Casey, Libby - Host
WEBSITE UIF.ORG. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. GIVING US THE SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN HER STATE OF ILLINOIS. -- WUIS.ORG. BUT THE TO ERIC...
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MOVED TO SEATTLE, BUT I AM A VISITOR TO GEORGIA. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THESE CROOKED SENATORS FROM GEORGIA. ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN...
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| 00:59:18 |
Casey, Libby - Host
CALLING US FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. WE WILL CONTINUE TALKING MORE ABOUT THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING YOUR STATE. COMING UP NEXT, AT JOSHED GOOD MEN WILL...
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TALK SHOWS, SOME OF THE TOPICS INCLUDE FOREIGN POLICY, AND CONTROL, AND WOMEN'S ABORTION RIGHTS. IT BEGINS AT NOON EASTERN WITH CDC'S "MEET THE PRESS."...
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