March 15, 2018: Hour 2

March 15, 2018: Hour 2

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In hour two of Here & Now’s March 15, 2018 full broadcast, MSNBC’s Ali Velshi shares more details on President Trump choosing CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow to be his next director of the National Economic Council. Also, Conor Lamb, a Democrat, former Marine and apparent winner in Pennsylvania’s special House election, will soon join a small group in Congress: military veterans. We speak with a co-founder of the political action committee With Honor, which seeks to help young veterans from both parties get elected. And in Chicago, some students are calling attention to gun violence in their city amid the national discussion about guns in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Florida. Alex King, a senior at Chicago’s North Lawndale College Prep High School who’s nephew was killed in a shooting, says he feels tied to Parkland students.