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National Politics: Mueller Letter; AG Barr Hearing Live; Infrastructure Deal
On the same week that Attorney General Barr is set to testify before Congress on matters related to the Russia Investigation, President Trump strikes a two trillion dollar infrastructure deal with Democratic leaders. Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor for Politico, talks about that deal, the Mueller letter and previews the live coverage of the morning's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, and author of the new book Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), offers analysis of the ongoing hearing.