How Clinton & Trump are responding to the weekend terrorist attacks; a look at where the money for California's many propositions are coming from; the latest on the Syrian non-ceasefire and what went wrong; Plus, listeners weigh in on the controversy over Jimmy Fallon’s soft treatment of Donald Trump.
AirTalk election 2016: candidates respond to weekend attacks and we trace the $$ behind California’s props
AirTalk’s weekly politics segment looks at the candidates’ responses to the weekend attacks in New York, New Jersey, and Minnesota.
Hillary Clinton talked about the threat on the tarmac in White Plains, New York and criticized Donald Trump's rhetoric about terrorism. Trump was on Fox News Channel this morning. Larry and guests discuss how the threat of future terrorist attacks play into the election.
And on the California front, just how much money is coming into the state to back measures on the November ballot? Larry talks with CALMatters reporter Laurel Rosenhall about tracing the money.
Guests:
Lynn Vavreck, professor of political science at UCLA; she tweets
Zachary Courser, Research Director of the Dreier Roundtable and visiting Assistant Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College; he tweets
Laurel Rosenhall, reporter for CALMatters, a nonprofit publication focused on issues that affect Californians; she tweets
Emmy winners: Jimmy Kimmel, Diversity, Dragons
ABC's Jimmy Kimmel did the network's Emmycast proud last night. His cold open featured carpool karaoke, a dragon ride, and Jeb Bush as a limo driver.
The Awards had its share of surprises, sure things and Donald Trump jokes. One consistent theme was the continued creative erosion at the top broadcast networks, now merely an afterthought on television's biggest night. "Game of Thrones" won best drama for the second year in a row on Sunday, and became prime-time television's most-honored show ever.
Fellow HBO series "Veep" was named top comedy for the second straight year and that show's star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, won best comedy actress for the fifth straight time and a record-setting sixth time in her career. Other big winners included actors Jeffrey Tambor, Rami Malek and Tatiana Maslany, along with most everyone associated with the FX miniseries, "The People vs. O.J. Simpson." Of the 27 awards handed out in prime time, six apiece went to HBO and FX. Streaming services Netflix had three and Amazon two.
What was your favorite part of the show?
With files from the Associated Press.
Guests:
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter; he tweets
Eric Deggans, NPR TV Critic; he tweets
Latest updates on Minnesota mall stabbings, New York/New Jersey bombings and their possible links to terrorism
A spate of weekend attacks that may be tied to terrorism flooded news headlines on Monday morning.
First, there was an explosion on the route of a charity race in Seaside Park, New Jersey on Saturday morning. No injuries were reported since the road was empty at the time of the blast. Later that day, nine people were stabbed at a mall by a man with a kitchen knife in St. Cloud, Minnesota, about an hour and a half outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
An off-duty police officer shot and killed the attacker, who entered the mall dressed as a security guard. He’s been identified as 22-year-old Dahir Adan, a Somali-American who was going to college in St. Cloud and working for a private security firm. Fortunately, none of the victims’ injuries appear to be life-threatening. A media outlet linked to the Islamic State says Adan was acting on behalf of the militant group.
Around the same time of the Minnesota attack, a pressure cooker bomb exploded in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, injuring 29 people. Several more explosive devices were found in Manhattan and Elizabeth, New Jersey, where the suspect in those bombings was arrested this morning after a shootout with police. He has been identified as Ahmad Rahami, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen of Afghan descent. Police in New York and New Jersey believe Rahami is connected to the devices found in both states.
While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the attack ‘intentional,’ but stopped short of labeling it terrorism.
Guests:
Craig McCarthy, reporter for New Jersey Advance Media, which includes NJ.com and The Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s largest daily newspaper; he is in Elizabeth, NJ today covering the arrest of the bombing suspect; he tweets
Tim Nelson, reporter for Minnesota Public Radio news who has been covering the attack at the Crossroads Center Mall in St. Cloud (St. Cloud is about an hour and a half Northwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul); he tweets
Colin P. Clarke, political scientist at the Rand Corporation whose research focuses on terrorism and insurgency; he tweets
What comes next as Syrian ceasefire appears to crumble
NEW YORK (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday expressed hope that a cease-fire in Syria brokered by the United States and Russia could still hold, despite a declaration from the Syrian military that the truce is over amid other indications the latest international attempt to quiet the fighting has failed.
Shortly after Syria's armed forces declared that the truce was dead and blamed opposition rebels for undermining it, Kerry noted that the cease-fire had not produced the desired reduction in violence and sustained delivery of humanitarian aid. But he said some aid was finally moving. "We have not had seven days of calm and of delivery of humanitarian goods," Kerry told reporters on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Those seven days of calm and aid deliveries were required before the U.S. and Russia could embark on a plan to cooperate in targeting the Islamic State group and al-Qaida affiliates working in Syria. He denounced the Syrian military declaration, but also suggested that Russia was partly to blame
Assuming it lasts through the weekend (and even if it does) the latest on the civil war in Syria. He denounced the Syrian military declaration, but also suggested that Russia was partly to blame.
Guests:
Liz Sly, Washington Post Beirut bureau chief covering Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and beyond
Mohsen Milani, Executive Director, USF World Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies Professor, Department of Government & International Affairs, University of South Florida
Late-night TV’s role in the presidential elections
In true late-night tradition, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were guests last week on “The Tonight Show.”
During the separate interviews, host Jimmy Fallon messed-up Trump’s hair and took Clinton’s pulse. As reported in Vulture, Fallon’s “nice-guy” act didn’t win him any points on Twitter, where critics took jabs at the comedian for not giving an edgier interview.
Late-night is no stranger to injecting comedy into presidential elections. Bill Clinton played his saxophone on “The Arsenio Hall Show” during his 1992 campaign, and as early as 1960, Jack Paar had John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon as guests on “The Tonight Show.”
But what is the role of comedy in presidential races and should late-night hosts give tougher interviews? Larry weighs in with media and entertainment reporter Joe Flint on Fallon’s performance and how late-night comedy can impact an election.
What do you think of Jimmy Fallon’s interviews with Trump and Clinton? Do you take any stock in late-night interviews or performances with presidential candidates?
Guest:
Joe Flint, media and entertainment reporter for the Wall Street Journal