Week In The News: SCOTUS Nominee, Big Primaries, Russia Leaves Syria (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

A Supreme Court nominee this week, and instant battle lines. No go, no hearings, says the Republican Senate. It’s your job, says the President. We’ll see. In primaries, Clinton and Trump go big. Trump warns of “riots” if he doesn’t get the nomination. We’ve got tough hearings on Flint’s water. Prison time for a young American in North Korea. A subway shutdown in the nation’s capital. An NFL V.P. links football and brain injury. And John Kerry calls the ISIS killing “genocide.” This hour On Point, our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/03/18/scotus-primary-election-2016-clinton-trump-sanders