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The Takeaway

Coming up on today’s show:

  • During a tense press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump walked back his comments condemning the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend, saying that counter-protesters demonstrating against neo-Nazis and white supremacists were also to blame. His comments stunned and angered many Democrats and Republicans, including Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ). He weighs in today on The Takeaway, along with Trump supporters Kenneth Lanci and Kevin Lonie. 
  • On Wednesday, trade negotiators representing Canada, the United States, and Mexico will meet in Washington to begin the process of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Matt Gold, an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University and a former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for North America, explains what you should expect. 
  • We take a closer look at who has gained and lost from NAFTA, particularly in the area of agriculture, with Karen Hansen-Kuhn, director of Trade and Global Governance at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. 
  • On Monday, a California-based web hosting provider, DreamHost, revealed that the Department of Justice issued a warrant seeking access to “all information available” about a website that facilitated Inauguration Day protests. Opponents, including DreamHost, say this request for 1.3 million web IP addresses is a violation of the Constitution. Nuala O’Connor, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, has the details. 
  • Overnight, Confederate monuments in the city of Baltimore were quietly removed, following violence that broke out in neighboring Virginia. As more cities plan statue removals, Vann Newkirk, a writer for The Atlantic, discusses the significance of these monuments, and their removals. 
  • Harry Leslie Smith, a veteran of World War II, recalls the warning signs of war decades ago when he was a young teenager, and says the same “omens of doom” are rearing their head today.

This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.

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