AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the biggest headlines you might have missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come in national political news. We also discuss the relevance of daylight savings; and more.
Week in politics: Trump drops budget proposal, Friday’s jobs report, and Dems to bypass Fox for primary debate
AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the biggest headlines you might have missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come in national political news. Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Daylight Savings Time bill from Rubio
Dems won’t host any primary debates on Fox News
Milwaukee chosen for 2020 Democratic National Convention
Iowa poll shows Biden vs. Bernie
Bill Shine resigns as WH comms director to take position on Trump re-election campaign
POLITICO: Trump advisers want him to defer 2020 rallies
Sen. Warren floats idea of breaking up tech giants like FB and Amazon
Feb. jobs report came out Friday
What we know about Michael Cohen’s testimony last week in private, and just generally the latest on that saga (whatever that is on Monday)
Sources: Cohen apparently spent 10 hours prepping for testimony w/ Schiff’s staff
Continuing fallout from Rep. Ilhan Omar comments on Israel
What to make of news that N. Korea is apparently restoring a space-missile launch site
Sen. Martha McSally reveals she was assaulted by superior officer in Air Force
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; she tweets
Jack Pitney, professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College; he tweets
Daylight savings is here. Who’s impacted by the time shift?
It’s that time of the year again.
The highly-debated daylight savings shift struck Sunday morning at 2 a.m.
Critics of the time-shift say it’s unnecessary and dated, resulting in loss or productivity and an increase in heart attacks. Others say observing daylight saving is beneficial, leading to less traffic fatalities.
We check in on daylight savings and look into the affected stakeholders and interest groups.
What do you think about the biannual changing of clocks? Is it still relevant today? And how does it impact you? Call and weigh in at 866-893-5722.
Guest:
David Prerau, author of "Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time" (Basic Books, 2006)
What we know so far about Boeing passenger jet that has crashed twice in five months
Authorities in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft Monday following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, and investigators found the flight recorders from the field where the plane went down.
The new plane crashed shortly after takeoff in clear weather outside Addis Ababa on Sunday, and the airline decided to ground its remaining four 737 Max 8s until further notice as "an extra safety precaution," spokesman Asrat Begashaw said. Ethiopian Airlines had been using five of the planes and awaiting delivery of 25 more.
The plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders were found, Ethiopian Airlines said. An airline official, however, said one of the recorders was partially damaged and "we will see what we can retrieve from it." The official spoke on condition of anonymity for lack of authorization to speak to the media.
Ethiopian authorities are leading the investigation into the crash, assisted by the U.S., Kenya and others.
Sunday's crash was strikingly similar to that of a Lion Air jet of the same Boeing model in Indonesian seas last year, killing 189 people. The crash was likely to renew questions about the 737 Max 8, the newest version of Boeing's popular single-aisle airliner, which was first introduced in 1967 and has become the world's most common passenger jet. Safety experts cautioned against drawing too many comparisons between the two crashes until more is known about the disaster. Besides the groundings in China and Indonesia, Caribbean carrier Cayman Airways temporarily grounded their Max 8s.
With files from AP
Guests:
Jon Ostrower, editor-in-chief of The Air Current, an online publication covering the business and technology of flying; he tweets
Bjorn Fehrm, aeronautical and economic analyst for Leeham Company, an aerospace consulting and marketing firm based in Seattle, Washington; he is a former fighter pilot with the Swedish Air Force
A group of high-profile rappers want SCOTUS to take up a case on hip-hop lyrics and free speech
The case involves Jamal Knox, a Philadelphia-based rapper known as Mayhem Mal, who was convicted on witness intimidation and the issuance of terroristic threats for a song he wrote that features lyrics like “let’s kill these cops ’cause they don’t do us no good.” In the song, the rapper also named two police officers by name -- the same two officers that had arrested Knox on separate charges of gun and drug offenses in 2012.
Knox and his lawyers appealed the decision, but both the state Superior Court and the state Supreme Court upheld the conviction.
But the case is far from a done deal, if a group of high-profiled rappers have their say. Last week, hip-hop stars like Chance the Rapper, Meek Mill, Killer Mike and others filed an amicus brief in support of Knox, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case on First Amendment grounds.
Adam Liptak, reporter covering the Supreme Court for the New York Times, joins Larry to talk about the case -- and the chances of it reaching the High Court.
Guest:
Adam Liptak, Supreme Court reporter for The New York Times, who has just written about the case, “Knox v. Philadelphia”; he tweets
Is the ‘Golden Age of TV’ translating to more industry jobs in LA?
Consumers of entertainment are faced with an unusual -- and somewhat unprecedented -- problem of having too little time, and too much great TV to watch.
As quality television proliferates, and as streaming services Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon join the great content race by producing original scripted series and movies, AirTalk checks in with those who are employed by the industry. Is the Golden Age of TV and content production creating more jobs?
Guest:
Dominic Patten, senior editor and chief TV critic at Deadline Hollywood; he tweets