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Podcast: CNN Inside Politics
Episode: Kevin McCarthy hits the wall
Description: First: The speaker suffers another humiliation on the House floor. Republicans can't agree to move forward on a defense bill and will remain nowhere close to solving a shutdown riddle.
Plus: Life or death politics. Ukraine's president tries to convince a coalition to pay billions more in bullets, but Washington decides what will be felt.
And: Media titan Rupert Murdoch steps down and says he will hand off the business to his son.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy