Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Investigation finds Trump's business ties could harm US security
An investigation found The Trump Organization has foreign business ties that could create unprecedented conflicts of interest should he become president.
By Madeleine Brand • • 43m ListenA new investigation into Donald Trump’s foreign interests found The Trump Organization has business ties that could create unprecedented conflicts of interest should he become president. Then, the Obama Administration has achieved its goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, but only 136 have resettled in the LA area. Why so few? Next, since a crash in May involving a Tesla Model S on autopilot left one man dead, Tesla has been working on a software fix to prevent that kind of an accident. Now Tesla says they’ve done it, and if true, it could make self-driving cars a lot safer. And finally, “Snowden” premieres this week and critic Matt Zoller Seitz has put out a coffee-table book on the film’s director, Oliver Stone. “The Oliver Stone Experience” is based on 100 hours of interviews, and it includes parts of Stone’s screenplays, personal photos and correspondence. Zoller Seitz tells Press Play how, after four decades making films, Oliver Stone still wants to “outrage people, wake them up.”
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4 storiesCould Trump's foreign business ties harm US national security?
Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s business dealings are in the spotlight. Kurt Eichenwald, a senior writer for Newsweek, has investigated Trump’s foreign interests and found The Trump Organization has business ties to companies across the globe that could create serious and unprecedented conflicts of interest should he become president.
Read the story12 minWhy has LA resettled only 136 Syrian refugees?
Millions of Syrians have been displaced since the civil war began there more than five years ago, and what to do with them has been at the top of the list for policymakers. The Obama Administration has achieved its goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees this year.
Read the story7 minTesla’s 'ingenious' autopilot software update
Following a fatal crash in May in which a Tesla Model S on autopilot crashed into a truck because it didn’t recognize it as a truck, Tesla has been working on a software fix to prevent that kind of an accident. Now Tesla says they’ve done it, and if true, it could make self-driving cars a lot safer. Slate’s Will Oremus calls the fix “ingenious.”
Read the story8 minOliver Stone still wants to 'outrage people, wake them up'
The new film “Snowden,” which stars Joseph Gordon Levitt as NSA leaker Edward Snowden, is out Friday . To coincide with the premiere, as well as filmmaker Oliver Stone’s seventieth birthday, TV and film critic Matt Zoller Seitz has put out a 480-page coffee-table book on Oliver Stone.
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