WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses reports that President Trump is heading to El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio following the mass shootings in both cities this past weekend. He also examines the president's calls for unity, and reports that a quarter of the world's population is living with extreme water stress.
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.