Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee, 2008
An ousted USDA official is offered her job back. Fed Chair Bernanke says the economic outlook remains “unusually uncertain.” And the administration turns its attention to the struggling housing market. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week’s top national news stories.
The panelists discuss the USDA’s firing of employee Shirley Sherrod over a video posting by blogger Andrew Breitbart that took Ms. Sherrod’s remarks out of context, including the media’s role. David Welna noted the Obama administration’s apology to Ms. Sherrod and subsequent job offer for a new USDA position dealing with improving race relations, and Diane highlighted Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson’s take on the incident:
The Diane Rehm Show (Friday News Roundup): The panelists discuss the possible appointment of Congressional Oversight Panel Chair Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Protection Agency:
Republican Senator Bob Corker, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, openly feuds with President Trump, then, a conversation with best-selling children's author and illustrator, Sandra Boynton.
National Legal Director of the ACLU, David Cole, on defending our civil liberties and Atlantic Magazine national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates on why Donald Trump is America's "first white president"
A conversation with National Book Award winning author Alice McDermott about her latest work, "The Ninth Hour." Then, a religious perspective on the symbolism behind "taking a knee."
From day one, it was clear that Donald Trump was like no president this country had ever seen. Eight months into his term, we talk to Harvard Law professor Jack Goldsmith about the lasting impact Trump may have on the presidency, itself. Then, historian Dan Jones on the Knights Templar, the Medieval secret society that inspired "The Da Vinci Code".
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