A demonstrator shouts slogans using a bullhorn next to a group of military veterans during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse July 26, 2020, in Portland, OR.

Monday Morning Politics; School Re-Openings; John Yoo on Presidential Power; Hollywood's Comeback and Film & TV Industry Calls

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 27, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Eugene Scott, politics reporter for The Fix at The Washington Post, talks about the latest national political news, including where Congress is on the next coronavirus relief bill, the federal agents in Portland and more. 

  • Jessica Gould, WNYC reporter, talks about how parents are feeling, and whether they are ready to send their kids back, as school officials are planning how to re-open safely in the fall.

  • John Yoo, professor of law at UC Berkeley, former counsel to the U.S. Justice Department (2001-2003), and the author of Defender in Chief: Donald Trump's Fight for Presidential Power (All Points Books, 2020), argues that Pres. Trump is reclaiming powers granted to president by the U.S. Constitution, not ignoring it.

  • Hollywood is in crisis, but it's come back from the brink before. Ann Hornaday, film critic for The Washington Post, talks about what the film industry could learn from the 1970s, and film and TV employees call in to talk about how things are going as productions begin to ramp up in New York.

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