AirTalk takes you through this morning’s budget saga, from President Trump’s early morning tweet threatening to veto the spending bill — which would have caused another government shutdown — to his press conference announcing he will sign it, despite being unhappy with some items it didn’t fund. We also review this week’s movie releases on FilmWeek.
Trump’s veto threat, China responds to US tariffs and more
President Trump said he might veto the sweeping $1.3 trillion spending bill passed early Friday — a move that likely would lead to a government shutdown — because it does nothing to address the fate of young undocumented immigrants and does not fully fund his border wall.
Meanwhile, the trade conflict between China and the U.S. escalated, with Beijing announcing its first retaliation against metals levies hours after President Trump outlined fresh tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports and pledged there’s more on the way.
We are bringing you the latest politics roundup.
Guests:
Mike DeBonis, congressional reporter covering the story for The Washington Post; he tweets
Mike Dorning, White House editor for Bloomberg and a political analyst; he tweets
FilmWeek: ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘Unsane,’ ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Justin Chang and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.
- "Isle of Dogs" in select theaters
- "Unsane" in wide release
- "Pacific Rim Uprising" in wide release
- "Sherlock Gnomes" in wide release
- "Paul, Apostle of Christ" in wide release
- "Final Portrait" at Laemmle's Royal
- "Midnight Sun" in wide release
- "Madame" at Laemmle's Monica Film Center
- "Roxanne Roxanne" at iPic Westwood and streaming on Netflix
- "Beauty and the Dogs" at Nuart Theatre
- "I Kill Giants" at Laemmle's Music Hall
Critics' Hits
Justin: "Unsane" & "Paul, Apostle of Christ"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7KZrt_cHH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyOqQZUDdO4
Amy: "Roxanne Roxanne"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKA8H_LolNM
Mixed Feelings
Charles: "Isle of Dogs"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt__kig8PVU
Justin: "Pacific Rim Uprising"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BAhwgjMvnM
Misses!
Charles: "Sherlock Gnomes" & "Madame"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR-sefx8ncI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9DIBaYBh_g
Amy: "I Kill Giants"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ0QKOR5Kgc
Guests:
Amy Nicholson, film critic for KPCC and host of The Canon podcast; she tweets
Justin Chang, film critic for KPCC and the Los Angeles Times; he tweets @JustinCChang
Charles Solomon, film critic for KPCC, Animation Scoop and Animation Magazine