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Political Obstruction; Politics at the Holiday Table; Child Welfare Family Separation; Earth Day

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 22, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • FiveThirtyEight senior writer, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and The Federalist's New York correspondent, David Marcus, discuss the legal and political puzzle of presidential obstruction in special counsel Mueller's report.
  • Listeners call in and talk about how politics came up at their holiday meals.
  • Yasmeen Khan, WNYC reporter for crime and policing, talks about her reporting about the city’s Administration for Children’s Services use of “emergency powers” to remove children from their parents.
  • Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist and co-founder of 350.org talks with us about Earth Day.

 

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