AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the big headlines you might have missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come in political news. Here are some of the stories we’re monitoring this week:
Senate to weigh Trump’s proposal to end shutdown
Shutdown and how it’s affecting federal courts, tax refunds, border security and air traffic controllers
Supreme Court revives transgender ban for military service, appears to rebuff Trump’s push for quick DACA hearing, agrees to hear first 2nd Amendment case in 9 years
Buzzfeed reports that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress about Moscow Tower project
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) joins 2020 Dem field that includes Sen. Liz Warren (D-MA), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Trump and Kim will meet again in late Feb -- what can we expect to come out of this
Pelosi abandoned Afghanistan and Europe travel plans
Recap of weekend marches (Women’s March, abortion rights & pro-life marches)
Guests:
Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets
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