A Month After the Las Vegas Shooting, Where are the Answers?

Coming up on today’s show:

• Erica Marat, a Central Asia expert at the College of International Security Affairs, brings us the latest on Tuesday’s attack in New York City. She examines the attacker’s origins and the climate for terrorism in Uzbekistan, and what we know about his motivations to act in the United States.

• It’s been more than a month since a mass shooting in Las Vegas left hundreds injured and 58 dead. In the weeks since, there has been virtually no response from Congress or the White House, and no motive has yet been given. What do investigators know so far, and will lawmakers act? Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada weighs in.

• The indictment against Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, and his associate Rick Gates, reveals a web of international transfers and offshore bank accounts to facilitate the flow of over $75 million. Ilya Lozovsky, editor at the Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project, discusses what the indictment reveals about the role of ill-gotten money in politics.

• The top lawyers from Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been grilled on Capitol Hill this week as congressional lawmakers are investigate how the Russian government used these platforms to attempt to influence American voters in the lead up to the 2016 election.Cecilia Kang, technology reporter for the New York Times, has the details on the hearings before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. 

• The Houston Astros went toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series, and last night in Game Seven they beat the team from the City of Angels 5 to 1. Eric Bright is the director of radio operations at public radio station KERA, a Houston native and a lifelong Astros fan. He discusses the results of the game today on The Takeaway. 

• The Retro Report documentary team and Quartz have teamed up for a new series, called “What Happens Next.” The project explores how technology will change lives around the world, and today the series premieres its second documentary: “The Future of Work.” Clive Thompson, a journalist who covers technology for Smithsonian Magazine, Wired and New York Times Magazine, is featured in the new doc. He joins us on The Takeaway to discuss the future of work.

• Today marks 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, a statement from the British government which announced support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. We examine the history of the declaration and how it influences conflict today with Ian Black, the author of the new book “Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017.”

This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.