Big science news surfaced on Monday when a Chinese researcher claimed that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies. Twins girls, born this month, named Lulu and Nana, had their DNA altered to have the ability to resist possible future infection with HIV. Brianna Sacks, Buzzfeed News reporter, joins us for these claims and also the backlash, many say that this is human experimentation and not ethically or morally defensible. Next, big space news also made headlines as NASA’s Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the red planet. The first robot to successfully land on Mars since NASA’s curiosity rover touched down in 2012, InSight is on a mission to investigate the planet’s interior for clues on how rocky planets, including Earth formed 4 billion years ago. Andrew Freedman, Science editor at Axios, joins us for the big news and why it matters. Finally, big economic news as General Motors will cut up to 14,000 workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it will abandon many of its car models and restructure the company to focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles. Daniel Lippman, co-author of the Politico Playbook, joins us to discuss the impact of these cutback and how President Trump has responded.

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