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 what we’re following this week:
A whistleblower complaint concerning Trump and Ukraine has surfaced. Some Dems are talking impeachment
2020:
Warren overtook Biden and Sanders in the Iowa Poll -- how significant is her lead? Kamala Harris slipped in California, according to KQED poll. She also said she’ll move to Iowa
Bill de Blasio dropped out. Who’s next? (Booker says he might drop out)
Andrew Yang has gotten some backlash (but also support) for playing on Asian stereotypes
House Speaker Pelosi revealed her plan to lower prescription drug prices, which is also one of President Trump’s goals -- will this be a bipartisan effort?
The Trump admin announced an “asylum cooperation agreement” in which they can send asylum seekers to El Salvador
Iran’s Central Bank will be hit with sanctions from the U.S.
Gov. Gavin Newsom to decide whether American Independent Party must change name
Trump and California
Federal judge blocked California law to force disclosure of Trump’s tax returns
Trump is revoking CA’s ability to set auto-emissions standards. CA is suing
Trump visited San Francisco and Los Angeles last week and promised to take action on homelessness. What that means is unclear, but the president has said that the EPA will cite San Francisco for pollution coming from the city’s homelessness problem
Guests:
Ron Elving, senior editor and correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News;he tweets
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