AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here are the headlines that we’re following this week:
2020
We look ahead to South Carolina and Nevada
The ninth Democratic debate is Wednesday and Michael Bloomberg qualified
The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll is out and Bernie Sanders has surged with 31 percent national support, with Michael Bloomberg in second place
New York city mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed Sanders, who’s doing well for himself thus far. But can he broaden his coalition -- and does he need to?
After coming in third in New Hampshire, Klobuchar is facing increasing scrutiny
How’s Biden’s campaign maneuvering itself?
Federal judges called an emergency meeting the the DOJ and President Trump intervened in the sentencing of Roger Stone
On Friday, Attorney General Bill Barr rebuked President Trump for interfering with the DOJ, Trump insisted on his right to do so
DOJ alumni posted an open letter condemning the interference
ICE officials will be deployed to ‘sanctuary cities,’ including Los Angeles
The Afghan Taliban and the U.S. took the first steps towards a peace deal
Kenan Thompson will be MC-ing the White House Correspondents’ dinner. Will Trump attend?
Guests:
Elizabeth Spaldling, associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College based out of D.C.; senior fellow at Pepperdine University’s school of public policy
Matt Barreto, professor of political science and Chicano/a Studies at UCLA and co-founder of the research and polling firm Latino Decisions; he tweets