January 15, 2019: Hour 1

January 15, 2019: Hour 1

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The Broadway musical “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is currently touring the country. Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with Noah Weisberg, who stars as reclusive candy inventor Willy Wonka in the stage production, based on the much-loved book by Roald Dahl. Also, airports in Atlanta, Houston and Miami have reported longer lines and closed terminals because of a shortage of Transportation Security Administration employees. It’s one of the ways in which people are feeling the impact of the government shutdown. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now’s Jan. 15, 2019 …