Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Obama’s Immigration About-Face, Fall TV Diversity and Ray Rice
Today on Press Play, California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez responds to President Obama’s announcement that he will delay executive action on immigration reform. And we hear what Ray Rice’s domestic abuse story says about the NFL.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenOver the weekend, President Obama announced he won’t take executive action on immigration reform until after the November elections, reneging on a promise he made in June to act before the end of the summer. We hear reaction from a California Congresswoman, plus an update on what’s happening to the tens of thousands of kids from Central America who have come to the U.S. illegally in recent months. In our weekly TV segment, we look at a surprisingly diverse fall lineup. Then, cartoonist Jules Feiffer has created comics, books, plays and screenplays for the past 70 years. Now, at 85, he’s taking on a new medium: the graphic novel. Finally, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice has been cut from the team and suspended from the NFL after the website TMZ posted a video of him knocking out his then-fiancee in a hotel elevator in February.
Banner Image: President Barack Obama reads briefing material before the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, August 29, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
