Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Washington, as John Lausch, the U.S. Attorney in Chicago, looks on.

Biden and the Classified Docs; An MLK, Jr.-Inspired Teach-In; USA v. García Luna; News That Defined Your Generation: 20+

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 13, 2023

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 (Flatiron Books, 2022), shares the latest on the news that more classified documents have been found at President Biden's Delaware home, plus what's happening with investigations into the president's son, Hunter Biden.

  • Jacqueline Lewis, senior minister at the Middle Church and author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness that Can Heal the World (Harmony, 2021), and Joshua Stanton, rabbi at East End Temple in Manhattan, talk about Sunday's MLK Day teach-in "(Re)Building Black and Jewish Beloved Community" at East End Temple.

  • Maria Hinojosa, the president and founder of Futuro Media, the anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, and one of the co-hosts of In the Thick, and Peniley Ramírez, an investigative journalist, executive producer at Futuro Media, and co-host (with Maria) of USA v. Garcia Luna, discuss their new investigative podcast "USA v. Garcia Luna" ahead of this obscure man's trial in Brooklyn next week.

  • Listeners in their 20s call in to discuss the most important news stories from their lifetimes, and other factors that help define their generation.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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