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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    California lawmakers respond to firing of FBI Director Comey

    The day after FBI Director James Comey was fired, Washington is in an uproar. Is this a constitutional crisis? Will there be a special prosecutor named? How will the FBI investigation proceed? We hear from California Senator Kamala Harris, California Congressman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff, and others.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 10, 2017 • 1 min read

    The day after FBI Director James Comey was fired, Washington is in an uproar. Is this a constitutional crisis? Will there be a special prosecutor named? How will the FBI investigation proceed? We hear from California Senator Kamala Harris, California Congressman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff, and others.

    The full episode

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    James Comey is fired: Reaction from Senator Kamala Harris, Rep. Adam Schiff
    1. 0:00California lawmakers respond to firing of FBI Director ComeyYou’re reading this
    2. 23:26Measure C: A debate on changing how police are disciplined
    3. 34:50Neil DeGrasse Tyson on why we should - or maybe should not - go to Mars
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Amy Ta

      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Adam Schiff

      U.S. Senator (D-Calif.)

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      Kamala Harris

      California Senator, one of the Democrats running to be president in 2020

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      Jon Michaels

      Professor of Law at UCLA

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    James Comey is fired: Reaction from Senator Kamala Harris, Rep. Adam Schiff
    1. 0:00California lawmakers respond to firing of FBI Director ComeyYou’re reading this
    2. 23:26Measure C: A debate on changing how police are disciplined
    3. 34:50Neil DeGrasse Tyson on why we should - or maybe should not - go to Mars
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