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Week in politics: Debrief on Sunday’s San Ysidro border incident, Trump’s Russia probe answers & more

By AirTalk Staff
Published Nov 26, 2018
Central American migrants -mostly Hondurans- run along the Tijuana River near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, near US-Mexico border, after the US border patrol threw tear gas from the distance to disperse them after an alleged verbal dispute, on November 25, 2018.
Central American migrants -mostly Hondurans- run along the Tijuana River near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, near US-Mexico border, after the US border patrol threw tear gas from the distance to disperse them after an alleged verbal dispute, on November 25, 2018.
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Week in politics: Debrief on Sunday’s San Ysidro border incident, Trump’s Russia probe answers & more

Every week on AirTalk, we begin by discussing the biggest headlines in political news that you might have missed over the weekend and previewing the stories you’ll want to be watching this week. Here’s what we’re following:

  • Latest from U.S.-Mexico border

    • Tear gas deployed as migrants march at San Ysidro border crossing, Trump threatens border shutdown if Mexico doesn’t deport migrants at border

    • Judge blocks asylum ban last week, POTUS criticizes judiciary prompting rebuke from Chief Justice Roberts

  • Mueller probe latest (POTUS has provided written answers to Mueller’s questions, plus we’ll discuss this op-ed in the L.A. Times)

  • Saudi, Khashoggi fallout latest

  • Trump admin climate report – how will POTUS/admin respond?

  • What to expect from Congress at it returns to the Hill this week

  • WHCA Dinner won’t have a comedian this year, Trump says he might go

  • G-20 nations meet this week, POTUS expected to meet with Presidents Putin & Xi

Guests:

Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush

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