Wednesday Morning Politics; Immigration Court Follow-Up; India and Australia's Polarizing Leaders Will Likely Remain; Our Hair, Our Stories

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 22, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • Michael Scherer, national political reporter for The Washington Post, talks about the latest in the skirmish between Congress and the White House over subpoenas for information and testimony, and the reports of growing support for starting formal impeachment proceedings among House Democrats.
  • Beth Fertig, WNYC senior reporter covering courts and legal affairs, talks about her latest reporting.
  • Krishna Andavolu, correspondent for Vice News Tonight, and Jamie Tarabay, correspondent for The New York Times based in Sydney, Australia, discuss the dramatic election seasons in India and Australia and take listener calls.         
  • Rohina Hoffman, fine art photographer and neurologist and author of Hair Stories (Damiani, 2019), explores the significance of women's hair through her art and interviews with women of varying ages and ethnicities.

 

 

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