Friday News Roundup

Friday News Roundup

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The latest on repeal and replace; the state of the economy in light of earnings reports; and it turns out that video games have their own hall of fame. Also, Venezuela’s embattled president calls for a new constitution; Europe worries that Washington is about ditch the Paris climate agreement; and who will prevail as the French prepare to vote for a new president? Two panels of journalists join Joshua Johnson to discuss the week’s top news stories. Discussing domestic news is David Rennie, Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist for The Economist, Margaret Talev, senior White House and politics correspondent at Bloomberg and Shawna Thomas, Washington bureau chief for Vice News. Discussing international news is Greg Myre, national security correspondent at NPR, Jia Lynn Yang, deputy national security editor at The Washington Post, Abderrahim Foukara, Washington bureau chief for Al Jazeera and Nicholas Casey, Andes bureau chief of The New York Times.