Monday Morning Politics; The Eights | Alienation in America; Keith Hernandez; Ehud Barak

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 14, 2018

On today's show...

  • Karen Tumulty, political columnist for The Washington Post, talks about the latest in national politics.

  • Michael D'Antonio, executive editor of the Harris Poll, and John Gerzema, social scientist and Harris Poll CEO, examine the historic Harris Poll Alienation Index, examine the historic Harris Poll Alienation Index, which has measured how alienated Americans feel since 1966, and introduce a new Brian Lehrer Show Harris poll.

  • Keith Hernandez, former Major League Baseball first baseman with the Mets and other teams, Mets analyst for SNY, WPIX, and MSG and a member of the FOX Sports MLB postseason studio team, author of I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoir (Little, Brown and Company, 2018), reflects on his life, career and the state of baseball today. 

  • Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel and the author of My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace (St. Martin's Press, 2018), talks about his life, from his younger days in the Israeli military to his political accomplishments and challenges as prime minister of Israel.

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