#NoOnDevos and National Security Threat of #MuslimBan with guest host Michele Jawando

Published: Feb. 6, 2017, 8:01 p.m.

Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.

Here are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.

1. The #DumpDevos campaign surrounding President Trump’s pick for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos

Guest 1: Catherine Brown, Vice President of Education Policy
Tweets: @Catbrown66

Guest 2: Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers
Tweets: @rweingarten

2. National Security threat of Trump’s Muslim ban

Guest: Larry Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense (1981-85). Work focuses on military and defense budget policy.
Tweets: @LarryKorb

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando. Before working at the Center for American Progress, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.