Background Briefing: November 10, 2021
Exaggerated Fears of Inflation and Keeping Powell at the Fed We begin with the spike in inflation of 6.2% over the past 12 months, the fastest rise since 1990, which will likely be seized upon by Republicans who have already coined the term "Bidenflatation"....
Background Briefing: November 9, 2021
The Jan. 6 Committee Drops 10 Subpoenas Today After Issuing 6 on Monday We begin with the latest round of subpoenas with another ten dropped today from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 coup attempt and speak with Adam Klasfeld, a Senior...
Background Briefing: November 8, 2021
The Latest Twist in the Tangled Tale of Trump's Ties to Putin We begin with the investigation into the investigators led by the DOJ's Barr-appointed Special Counsel John Durham who after years of coming up with nothing, has recently arrested a former Russia...
Background Briefing: November 7, 2021
An Assessment of the Work So Far at the COP26 Climate Conference We begin and go to Glasgow for an assessment of the COP26 Climate talks and speak with Robert Stavins, a professor and the director of the environmental economics program at the Harvard Kennedy...
Background Briefing: November 4, 2021
Trump Appears to Have Failed to Block Documents For the 1/6 House Investigation We begin with the hearing today before a federal judge in Washington DC on a challenge by former President Trump who is trying to prevent the National Archives from handing over 800...
Background Briefing: November 3, 2021
Dog Whistles Worked for Republicans in Virginia While Intraparty Fighting Hurt the Democrats We begin with the role of dog whistle politics in the Youngkin victory in the Virginia governor's race and the debacle for the Democrats who lost the other top races...
Background Briefing: November 2, 2021
COP26 Agreements on Cutting Methane and Ending Deforestation We begin with the end of the two-day U.N. Climate summit of world leaders and get an assessment of what has been achieved as the U.S. and the E.U. announce a global agreement to cut methane emissions...
Background Briefing: November 1, 2021
Manchin Throws a Grenade Into Biden's and the Democrats' Hopes and Plans We begin with Senator Manchin throwing a grenade into the Democrats hopes and Biden's plans for a slimmed-down Build Back Better reconciliation package passing with his necessary vote...
Background Briefing: October 31, 2021
Solutions at the COP26 Conference to Remove Atmospheric Methane We begin and go to Glasgow, Scotland where the U.N. Climate Conference COP26 is due to begin Monday with President Biden and most of his cabinet in attendance minus the leaders of China and Russia....
Background Briefing: October 28, 2021
Biden Implores His Fellow Democrats to Accept the Slimmed-down $1.85 Trillion Reconciliation Bill We begin with President Biden's last-ditch attempt to get House Democrats on board the framework of a deal with Senate Democrats for a $1.85 trillion...