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    To the Point

    Trump's cabinet and the art of the deal

    "Freewheeling" is one term for the Trump transition team -- apparently mired in party politics while selecting presidential nominees without the intensive vetting designed to avoid future embarrassment.

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 28, 2016 • 52m Listen

    Photo: President-elect Donald Trump gestures as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney exits their meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, November 19, 2016. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:51

      Trump makes an indirect case for a recount

      Green Party candidate Jill Stein is launching recount campaigns in several states, as Donald Trump now claims — without providing evidence — that he won the popular vote in addition to the Electoral College. He's claiming "serious voter fraud" in Virginia, New Hampshire and California.

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      7 min
    2. 8:46

      The bumpy road to inauguration

      Despite the flap over recounts and Donald Trump's unproven allegations of voter fraud, his transition team continues the interview process for some 4000 presidential appointees. But the team is leaking contradictory stories. The President-elect is tweeting unpredictably just like he did in his campaign.

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      33 min
    3. 42:01

      Cuba, without Fidel Castro, enters the Trump Era

      After Fidel Castro's death on Friday night, President Obama expressed hope that the warming of relations between Cuba and the United States could continue. Donald Trump and members of his transition team issued statements reflecting what Trump said on the campaign trail.

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      11 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:517 min

      Trump makes an indirect case for a recount

    2. 8:4633 min

      The bumpy road to inauguration

    3. 42:0111 min

      Cuba, without Fidel Castro, enters the Trump Era

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