Vindman Testifies About Trump's Zelensky Call And Volker Revises His Testimony
The open impeachment hearings continued Tuesday with testimony from top Ukraine expert Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Vice President Pence adviser Jennifer Williams, National Security Council official Tim Morrison, and former special Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker.
Vindman used his time to emphasize his alarm at President Donald Trump’s summer phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and defended his record of service to the United States. In the afternoon, Volker gave testimony that revised his earlier closed-door deposition, including a significant change from his earlier claim that he had no knowledge of Trump making inappropriate demands of a foreign power.
To discuss, Jim Braude was joined by Heather Cox Richardson, a historian at Boston College, and Carol Saivetz, senior advisor at MIT’s Security Studies Program.
Lawrence Lessig On Why ‘They Don’t Represent Us’
In his new book, Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig argues that American democracy is broken not only because of partisanship in Washington, but also because the American system of government does not properly ensure representation under the ideal of "one person, one vote."
To discuss what ails us — and how to potentially fix it — Jim Braude was joined by Lessig to discuss "They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy."
Lab-Grown Meat: It’s What For Dinner!
A growing number of people have a love-hate relationship with meat: Love the taste, hate the environmental impact. But soon those consumers might be able to get the best of both worlds: real meat made without the actual animal. Adam Reilly reports.
