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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) challenged the House Oversight Committee to a \”lightning round game,\” shedding light on the US financial system and political corruption. “},{“title”:”Ivanka Trump says she has zero concern about probe”,”duration”:”02:09″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2019/02/08/ivanka-trump-zero-concern-about-mueller-probe-intv-sot-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2019/02/08/ivanka-trump-zero-concern-about-mueller-probe-intv-sot-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190208080237-ivanka-trump-abc-news-intv-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2019/02/08/ivanka-trump-zero-concern-about-mueller-probe-intv-sot-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”In an interview with ABC News, Ivanka Trump says she has \”zero concern\” about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.”,”descriptionText”:”In an interview with ABC News, Ivanka Trump says she has \”zero concern\” about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.”},{“title”:”See heated exchange between Cicilline and Whitaker”,”duration”:”02:01″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2019/02/08/matthew-whitaker-testimony-david-cicilline-exchange-judiciary-committee-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2019/02/08/matthew-whitaker-testimony-david-cicilline-exchange-judiciary-committee-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190208135659-david-cicilline-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2019/02/08/matthew-whitaker-testimony-david-cicilline-exchange-judiciary-committee-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Rep. 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