Introducing Rep. Andy Kim; City Council Grills Amazon; All the Left's (Proposed) Taxes; Guatemala and the Border Crisis; How Cold Is It?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 30, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • U.S. Representative Andy Kim (D NJ3) talks about his first month in Congress, the aftermath of the shutdown, and his priorities this term.
  • City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer (26th Queens) describes the scene at yesterday's finance hearing on Amazon. 
  • Dean Baker, macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle,  debate some of the progressive tax proposals put forward by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • Rachel Bowen, associate professor of political science at Ohio State University and the author of The Achilles Heel of Democracy: Judicial Autonomy and the Rule of Law in Central America, talks about Guatemala -- the constitutional crisis that is sparking increased migration to the U.S.

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