Ali Velshi is joined by syndicated talk radio host Thom Hartmann, former CFPB director Richard Cordray, and Dr. Jennifer Layden who just resigned from the CDC and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan.
The tightening of Donald Trump's authoritarian grip on power is in evidence this week in a series of legally dubious firings of top officials. We'll talk about the state of these standoffs and the one guardrail that will be hardest for Trump to break past; Dr Jennifer Layden, one of the top officials that resigned in protest from the CDC this week, speaks out about how the recent chaos at the agency will endanger public health; and this week’s Velshi Banned Book Club meeting features “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier.