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Interview with Matt Schlapp

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After day one of Trump’s hush money trail, more than half of first batch of prospective jurors say they can’t be fair and impartial, the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape can’t be played, but Karen McDougal, an actress and model who alleged she also had an affair with Trump, will be allowed to testify. Plus, the world awaits Israel’s response to Iran’s retaliatory strikes from over the weekend. 
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Israel vows response to Iran’s attack: “face the consequences”

Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial set to begin in New York on Monday. Merchan issued an order denying a motion from Trump’s attorneys to delay the trial due to excessive pretrial publicity. Plus, a roundtable discussion on DEI and why it is dividing America. 
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The DEI debate: necessary policy or flawed strategy?

O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 trial in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family announced Thursday on X. He was 76. Murder trial witness, Kato Kaelin, a friend of Nicole Simpson, joins to discuss the impact and legacy of the trial. 
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O.J. Simpsons dies at 76

Sen. Raphael Warnock joins to discuss the hot-button issue of abortion after Trump and Biden both weigh-in. Plus, for the third time in three days, a New York appellate judge has denied an attempt by former President Donald Trump to delay his hush money trial.
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Monday: jury selection begins in Trump’s New York trial

The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. Plus, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life – a significant ruling that will make a Civil War-era abortion law enforceable in the state.
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Interview with Matt Schlapp

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