On Washington Wednesday, FEMA in the hot seat and the drawbacks of presidential appointments; on World Tour, news from Nigeria, France, Hong Kong, and Columbia; and high school students dig into history. Plus, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, and Daniel Darling on Marco Rubio as the new secretary of state and the Wednesday morning news

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