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What Pelosi, McConnell are saying about impeachment trial
S2020 E6 - 4m 52s
The impeachment process against President Trump has remained largely frozen in place since the holidays began. There is still no firm start date for a Senate trial, and some aspects of how such a trial would be run remain in flux. Among the top questions: would the Senate hear testimony from new witnesses like John Bolton? Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins join Judy Woodruff to discuss.
Iran tensions put foreign policy in focus for 2020 Democrats
S2020 E6 - 3m 29s
In 2019, the Democratic primary race was dominated by domestic issues. But during the first weekend of the new year, the targeted killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike put foreign policy in the spotlight. Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned the action, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and former Vice President Joe Biden questioned its strategic value. Amna Nawaz reports.
Venezuela's political crisis roiled by chaos in parliament
S2020 E6 - 3m 26s
Sunday saw new chaos in Venezuela’s enduring political and economic disaster. Juan Guaido, leader of parliament and the opposition to President Nicolas Maduro, was physically barred from the National Assembly. Maduro supporters then claimed they’d replaced him as the speaker. But Guaido later rallied enough members of parliament to secure reelection. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports.
In Europe, can art change the conversation around refugees?
S2020 E6 - 6m 8s
For years, refugees from the Middle East and Africa have sought shelter in Europe, igniting debates there about immigration, asylum and changing culture. But one Paris program has been using the lens of art to help some of these refugees find community in France -- and to try to change the conversation around their plight. Jeffrey Brown reports.
What killing of Iranian general means for U.S., nuclear deal
S2020 E6 - 8m 41s
For two views on the latest developments in Iran and Iraq, Nick Schifrin speaks with Narges Bajoghli of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, author of “Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic,” and U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker, who served as ambassador to Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon and is now diplomat in residence at Princeton University.
Tamara Keith and Lisa Lerer on Soleimani death, Iowa polls
S2020 E6 - 7m 10s
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Lisa Lerer of The New York Times join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including how the killing of a top Iranian general could affect U.S. policy in the Middle East, President Trump’s reelection strategy and 2020 Democrats, why Republicans are supporting Trump on Iran, the latest poll numbers from Iowa and why this primary campaign is “unprecedented.”
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