What's on the radio today: Sept. 27, 2019
9 a.m. — 1A with Joshua Johnson
First hour: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that the House would open a formal impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump lobbied a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 election. The whistleblower complaint that initially brought the issue to light was released to the public in redacted form.
The most-publicized moment of the U.N. Climate Summit came as 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg laced into world leaders in attendance during an impassioned speech. Climate activists shut down major Washington D.C. roads and intersections on Monday to draw the attention of lawmakers and businesspeople.
All this and more on this week’s edition of a special climate-themed domestic News Roundup.
Second hour: President Trump's conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is at the center of international news this week, with a whistleblower document made public on Thursday morning.
Across the pond, Parliament is back in session, following a British Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament was unlawful.
The United States has imposed more Iran-related sanctions, looping Chinese companies into the matter this time. We'll dig into these big stories and several others in this week's international roundup.
11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis
MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner guest hosts. As part of our Climate Curious project, MPR News asked listeners what they want to know about climate change. Huttner sits down with a climate reporter and a climate scientist to answer some of the questions listeners submitted.
12 p.m. — MPR News Presents
"Politics with Amy Walter" on the Friday Takeaway. The latest details and the political implications of an impeachment inquiry, the transcripts, the testimony, and the whistleblowers.
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