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Chief Economic Advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign; former economic advisor to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
PROFILE
Gene Sperling
Guest
FROM Gene Sperling
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"He'll Get His Facts Straight. He's a Great Guy." Stormy Daniels, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Cohen and all the president's lawyers.
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Flynn is in Mike Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about Russia investigation.
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Supreme Court closes the term allowing partial travel ban Newest SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch makes himself known.
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President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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Flynn wants to testify on Russia in exchange for immunity Senate hearings on Russia, Flynn wants to testify, and the crisis of Trumpism.
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Police Shooting, Terrorism and Debates Should the Charlotte police department release video of an officer shooting?
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Brexit, What That Means for the United States & Immigration Reform How does Britain's leave from the EU affect the United States?
To the Point
The Presidential Candidates on the Economy A front-page headline in today's New York Times says, " Parties Differ on Whom Economic Aid Should Help ." But the story goes on to say that when a presidential campaign coincides with both a Wall Street crisis and soaring home foreclosures, "traditional ideological battles… become blurred." Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have unveiled government rescue plans for homeowners at costs of about $30 billion. John McCain says it's "not the duty of government to bail out and reward," but he supports the Federal Reserve's plan to lend banks and investment firms up to $400 billion. Are the parties as different as the rhetoric makes them sound? Why is Wall Street contributing more to Obama and Clinton than McCain?
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To the Point
The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?