NPR's Cokie Roberts discusses the history of lame duck congressional sessions as well as what we can expect from this one. Hear Roberts and NPR's Steve Inskeep.
Cokie Roberts was one of the 'Founding Mothers' of NPR who helped make that network one of the premier sources of news and information in this country. She served as a congressional correspondent at NPR for more than 10 years and later appeared as a commentator on Morning Edition. In addition to her work for NPR, Roberts was a political commentator for ABC News, providing analysis for all network news programming.
President Trump is set to gather with Latin American leaders on Saturday at his Miami-area golf club as his administration looks to turn attention to the Western Hemisphere, at least for a moment.
HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence offers a send-off for another guest we've lost: music legend and one-time teen idol Neil Sedaka. Neil passed last weekend at age 86.