Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on the Impeachment Inquiry; Politics and Thanksgiving; Protest for Democracy: Haiti, Iran and Colombia

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 27, 2019

  • U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), House Democratic caucus chairman, talks about the latest news on the impeachment inquiry, as lawmakers return to Washington after the Thanksgiving break.

  • Listeners call in to talk first about how impeachment played at their Thanksgiving tables, and then talk about their "issue" in the 2020 election and which Democratic candidate they're planning to vote for.

  • Vania André, publisher and editor in chief of the Haitian Times, discusses the current civil unrest in Haiti.

  • After protests engulfed Iran last month, the regime has cracked down on civilians by blocking access to mobile phones and the internet. Farnaz Fassihi, award-winning Iranian-American journalist who writes about Iran for the New York Times, breaks down the latest news.

  • Dr. Noam Lupu, political science professor at Vanderbilt University and associate director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project, breaks down what's driving political unrest in Colombia.

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