July 19, 2018: Hour 1

July 19, 2018: Hour 1

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NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson shares the latest on the political consequences for President Trump and the Republican Party in the wake of Monday’s controversial Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki. Also, tools and apps like Google Translate are getting better and better. We continue our language series with a conversation about what rapidly improving language technology might mean for the future. And after France won the World Cup over Croatia on Sunday, Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show” joked: “Africa won the World Cup.” Noah’s comments have sparked debate and drawn a sharp rebuke from the French ambassador to the U.S. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now’s July 19, 2018 full broadcast.