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News Wrap: House Democratic leaders condemn tweet by Omar
S2019 E45 - 5m 46s
In our news wrap Monday, Democratic leaders criticized freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for a tweet accusing a powerful pro-Israel lobbying group of paying members of Congress to support Israel. Also, a Democratic delegate from Virginia backed down on his threat to begin impeachment proceedings against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.
Reports reveal hundreds abused by Southern Baptist officials
S2019 E45 - 5m 42s
About 700 victims were sexually abused, assaulted or raped by Southern Baptist Church leaders and volunteers across two decades, according to a six-month joint investigation by the Houston Chronicle and The San Antonio Express. The papers also detailed how church officials brushed aside repeated warnings of trouble. William Brangham talks to Robert Downen of the Houston Chronicle for more.
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Democratic divides
S2019 E45 - 8m 30s
NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the week’s political news, including the widening 2020 field as Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., announces her presidential campaign, plus why top Democrats reprimanded a freshman lawmaker of their own party.
Democrats Klobuchar, Warren join crowded 2020 field
S2019 E45 - 2m 20s
Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar became the fifth senator and fifth woman to announce she's joining the crowded 2020 race to take on President Trump. Meanwhile, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her campaign official. Judy Woodruff reports.
Performance pay is at the heart of Denver's teacher strike
S2019 E45 - 4m
Denver public school teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years. Much of the fight comes down to a pay system known that involves a complicated merit and bonus system, and that teachers say is vastly outdated. For more, Amna Nawaz is joined by Madeline Will of Education Week.
There is no 'single story spun on a single tongue'
S2019 E45 - 2m 25s
Erica Dawson, a professor and writer, said she was surprised while on book tour recently to be faced with the same question over and over again, about speaking for “the black experience.” Black poets "never went away. We don’t only deserve the stage in tumultuous times. We aren’t just rage," says Dawson, who shares her humble opinion on recognizing individual voices.
After nerve agent attack, UK city tries to woo back visitors
S2019 E45 - 8m 10s
It has been almost a year since Kremlin intelligence officers attempted to kill a Russian defector in the British city of Salisbury by poisoning him with a nerve agent. That attack, and the subsequent death of a British woman, scared away tourists and shoppers, but authorities and residents are working to get the town’s economy back on track. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.
'Vice' is a character study on the quest for power
S2019 E45 - 7m 5s
Part comedy, part tragedy, the Oscar-nominated movie "Vice" is all raw politics. The film paints a portrait of former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne. Jeffrey Brown sits down with director Adam McKay and star Amy Adams to discuss how they approached portraying the couple and how the film fits into the current political climate.
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