Trump's Iran Tweets; France's World Cup Win; Political Crises in Nicaragua & Haiti; Breaking Olympic Barriers

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 24, 2018

Coming up on today's show:

Kelly Magsamen, vice president for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, served as director of Iran policy on the National Security Council (2008-2011), talks about President Trump's response to the Iranian President tweets in the context of U.S. foreign policy.
Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and professor of history and public affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, talks about France's World Cup win as a victory for Africa and immigrants everywhere.
Cynthia Arnson, director of the Latin American Program at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, talks about the protests against President Daniel Ortega and the government’s response.

Then, Jacqueline Charles, Carribean correspondent for the Miami Herald, talks about recent political and social unrest in the aftermath of a fuel pricing crisis in Haiti.
Ibtihaj Muhammad, Olympic bronze medalist in women's sabre fencing and the author of Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream (Hatchet Books, 2018), discusses her experience as the first Muslim American to compete wearing a hijab for Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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