Omarosa’s Tapes, ‘Unite the Right’ Redux & Paul Ryan’s Goodbye

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 13, 2018

Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for the New York Times Magazine and Osita Nwanevu, staff writer for Slate, discuss the latest national political headlines. White supremacists attending the "Unite the Right" Rally in Washington, D.C. are vastly outnumbered by counter protesters; former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman's secret recordings reveal how Chief of Staff John Kelly fired her; and to what extent does House Speaker Paul Ryan's exit from politics have to do with Trump? 

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