WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses his recent conversations with U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the effects of President Trump's rhetoric. He also comments on a set of bills in Russia that now make it a crime to disrespect the government, and flooding in Mosambique that may have killed nearly 1,000 people.
Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.