Plotting the Course

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 13, 2011

Vanity Fair contributing editor Suzanna Andrews discusses her article in the current issue about the Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s battles with Wall Street bankers and fellow Obama administration officials. Plus: David Sanger of the New York Times and Karen Greenberg of Fordham Law School discuss the foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador; Juan Cartagena, president and general counsel of LatinoJustice, discusses a proposal to redraw district lines along racial lines; Michelle Krebs, senior analyst at Edmunds.com and editor in chief of AutoObserver.com, discusses car sharing strategies; and the art and science of translation.

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