AirTalk’s weekly political roundup covers the headlines you might’ve missed this weekend and previews the political stories to watch for in the week to come.
What we are learning/have learned from the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki
Follow to Friday’s indictment of 12 Russian military officers in 2016 election meddling
Recap of president’s visit to U.K., comments on Theresa May’s handling of Brexit as well as digs at NATO, future of U.S.-U.K. relations and likelihood of a post-Brexit trade deal
What we learned from the Peter Strzok hearing and impact of cable news & camera presence on those kind of hearings
Party strategies for Kavanaugh confirmation and what we might actually learn from the hearing
Latest on reunification of migrant families separated at border
Kevin de Leon gets California Democratic Party endorsement — what does this mean for him and for Sen. Feinstein? And what does this portend for progressives like de Leon and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez in New York?
With guest host Libby Denkmann
Guests:
Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies. He is also a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets
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