August 13, 2018: Hour 1

August 13, 2018: Hour 1

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The FBI has fired agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election but was discovered to be sending anti-Trump texts. Also, a major real estate development called Hudson Yards, on the West Side of Manhattan, is on the cusp of opening its slew of office space, retail stores, condos and more. We visit New York to learn more about the vision for the project and what it might add to an already bustling Manhattan. And there are a number of unanswered questions about how an airline employee was able to steal a plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The employee died when he crashed the plane. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now’s Aug. 13, 2018 full broadcast.