Today on AirTalk, our weekly political roundtable recaps the big stories you might’ve missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come in national political news. We also discuss the recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka; and more.
Week in politics: Political effects of the Mueller report release continue to ripple in Washington, Gov. Newsom’s first 100 days in office and more
AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the big stories you might’ve missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come in national political news. Here’s what we’re watching through the weekend:
- Continuing to follow effects of Mueller report release
- House Dems have subpoenaed the full report
- President Trump goes after Mueller, McGahn, others
- Other reactions from Washington
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushes back against “culture of lying” at White House
- Sen. Liz Warren says Trump should be impeached -- how is this idea playing out among Dems?
- President Trump is suing the House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings in bid to block subpoena of his financial records
- 2020 candidates check-in
- Candidate responses to Mueller report
- Sources say Joe Biden expected to launch presidential campaign as soon as this week
- Fmr. MA Gov. Bill Weld declares he’s running against Trump in 2020
- Pete Buttigeig planning a fundraising blitz in CA next month
- NYT: Julian Castro needs a defining moment. It hasn’t come yet.
- Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) enters 2020 fray
- Gavin Newsom’s first 100 days in office (we aired our interview with him on Thursday)
- California lawmakers will weigh in on SB 50 this week, State Sen. Scott Wiener's bill to encourage density near transit. It also calls for rezoning wealthy suburbs with lots of jobs, forcing those communities to allow apartment buildings in areas zoned for single-family.
- In high-stakes census case, Supreme Court will dissect Trump's effort to catalogue noncitizens
- Border check-in: Barr issues order withholding bail from asylum seekers
With guest host Libby Denkmann
GUESTS:
Amanda Renteria, chair of Emerge America, a national organization that works to identify and train Democratic women who want to run for political office; she is the former national political director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and has been a staffer for Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); she tweets
Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets
The latest from Sri Lanka, plus government shuts down social media to prevent disinformation
Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 200 people, the country’s health minister said Monday.
The coordinated bombings that ripped through churches and luxury hotels were carried out by seven suicide bombers from a militant group named National Thowfeek Jamaath, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.
The coordinated bombings Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. The death toll has risen to 290.
Guest host Libby Denkmann get the latest from Sri Lanka on the attacks, plus the government’s social media response.
With files from the Associated Press
With guest host Libby Denkmann
Guests:
Emily Schmall, correspondent covering South Asia for the Associated Press; she is in Colombo, Sri Lanka reporting on the attacks; she tweets
Rev. Shanta Premawardhana President, OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership, a global leadership training and consulting program serving religious and civic leader
Parents spend thousands of dollars on children’s athletics. What’s the return on investment?
Parents are investing more time and money into their children’s athletic endeavors with the ultimate goal of receiving a scholarship to help pay their children’s college tuition.
Despite the decline in participation of some youth sports, wealthy parents are more willing to spend large sums of money to help ensure their children have all the resources at their disposal. In fact, according to a 2019 survey of about 1,000 parents by TD Ameritrade, 40% of parents expressed confidence in their child receiving an athletic scholarship. Parents also said they’d be willing to go into credit-card debt, delay retirement and cut back on spending in order to finance their child’s sport. Yet, only 2% of high school athletes will be awarded a college scholarship in their sport.
So what might be reason for this gap in expectation vs. reality? Are high-cost youth sports worth the investment? If you’re a parent of an athlete or a student sports-player, what do you think? Weigh in and call us at 866-893-5722.
With guest host Libby Denkmann
Guests:
Kiki Baker Barnes, athletic director at Dillard University
Lisa Delpy Neirotti, director of the MS in Sport Management Program and associate professor of Sport Management at the George Washington University School of Business