Week In The News: Kunduz Bombing, TPP Politics, South Carolina Floods (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Chaos in the House Republican caucus this week as heir apparent to John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, bails out with a bombshell announcement leaving the GOP deeply divided and no one with any idea who will be Speaker of the House, second in line to the Presidency. “Banana republic,” said one Republican. In Syria, Russia cranks up the attacks and the US pulls the plug on training rebels. We’ve got Hillary Clinton going negative on the TPP. Miles of flooding woe in South Carolina. And a furor in fantasy football. This hour On Point, our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/09/tpp-south-carolina-kunduz-bombing-2016-election