AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable tackles the headlines you might’ve missed over the long weekend and previews what’s to come this week in national and state politics. Here's what's on the agenda today:
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Latest on the North Korea summit latest
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Trump admin said Monday it would move ahead with China tariffs, on Friday cuts deal with ZTE
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Mueller probe latest (Trump claimed Tuesday that the investigation would interfere w/ midterm elections to help Dems)
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Trump signed orders Friday to make it easier to fire federal workers
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Group of Republicans are starting a push to re-ignite the discussion on repealing the Affordable Care Act
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June 5 primary preview – (new poll for 2nd place in gov’s race, plus a look at whether Travis Allen should step aside to allow consolidation of GOP support behind John Cox and what impact that’d have)
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New USC poll on support for bullet train
Guests:
Bill Burton, Democratic political strategist with the firm SKD Knickerbocker and former deputy White House press secretary for Barack Obama; he tweets @billburton
Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets @Pete4CA
