Why Are Republicans Defending Dem. Sen. Menendez?
b"
A big news day in national politics, as D.C. reckons with a looming shutdown, the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, and a NJ Democrat's federal indictment. On today's show, Aaron Blake, senior political reporter, who writes The Fix at The Washington Post, talks about the politics at play in the shutdown, and how politicians and voters are feeling about Senator Menendez, a week after his federal indictment on bribery charges.
"