AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines you might have missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week in politics news. Here are the headlines we’re watching this week:
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Mueller report – will it drop soon? CNN said last week it’d be this week, others say it’s not coming (Neal Katyal had a NYT op-ed talking about what to expect)
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Dems looking to vote on resolution blocking Trump admin’s national emergency declaration & former national security officials sign letter opposing emergency declaration
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Trump admin cuts off talks with CA over fuel efficiency standards
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Dianne Feinstein’s exchange with kids on climate change (here is the full clip for context)
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President Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un in Vietnam
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2020 candidates: How foreign policy could be Biden’s “lane” in crowded Dem field, plus a look at how candidates treat their staff and how that translates with voters, and how #MeToo has impacted it recently
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HHS finalizes rules seeking to expel Planned Parenthood from federal family planning program
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CA GOP elects new chair
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North Carolina elections board orders new race in disputed House district
Guests:
Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets @Pete4CA
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 @RodStrategies