The Leslie Marshall Show

Leslie is joined by Tom Conway, International Vice President of the United Steelworkers (USW). The two discuss trade and, more specifically, how the World Trade Organization (WTO) is undermining U.S. trade enforcement. The USW’s website is www. USW.org and the Twitter handle for USW President Leo Gerard is @USWblogger.

Leslie is joined by callers, as well as Maura Calsyn, Managing Director of Health Policy at American Progress. They discuss the effects that replacing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) with the AHCA (Trumpcare) would have on the American people. (pic.twitter.com/1TmP1J1KGD) Maura Calsyn plays a leading role in American Progress’ health policy development and advocacy efforts. She has authored an...

Leslie is joined by Fred Rotondaro, a member of the Patriotic Millionaires. Fred was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress from 2003 to 2015 with a focus on poverty and inequality. Currently, Fred is Chair of the Board of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. The two talk about how and why Catholics should stand up against the rise of the ‘Alt-Right.’ They also discuss how the t...

Leslie is joined by Louis Malizia, Assistant Director of the Teamsters Capital Strategies Department. The two discuss how and why the Teamsters are standing up to drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen as America’s opioid crisis hits their homes. For those who don’t realize how serious America’s opioid epidemic is, the Centers for Disease Control estimates that prescription opioids claim the lives of 6...

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the American Alliance for Manufacturing (AAM). They discuss what people who work for American manufacturing companies think of President Trump, and what they want him to do as President. Leslie and Scott also discuss Congressional Republicans and President Trump teaming up to eliminate a rule that required federal contractors to disclose and correct ser...

Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by. Topic 1. Muslim Ban 2.0 Executive Order signed by President Trump Guest 1: Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow at Media Matters Tweets: @MattGertz Guest 2: Johnathan Smith, Legal Director at Muslim Advocates Tweets: @Mu...

Leslie is joined by callers, as well as Michael Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent for Yahoo News. They discuss the news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice with the top Russian diplomat in Washington during the heat of the 2016 election. This, despite stating during his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that camp...

Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by. 1. Reviewing President Trump’s first joint address to Congress Guest 1: John Neffinger, Communications Director at DNC Tweets: @Neffinger Guest 2: Kevin De Leon, California Senate Leader Tweets: @kdeleon 2. Tr...

During this hour Leslie is joined by callers, as well as Michael Shure, Political Correspondent and host with "The Young Turks," the Largest Online News Show in the World. They discuss President Trump's first joint address to Congress, which will happen at 9pm est. tonight. They also discuss what the Democratic response should be. Michael Shure's Twitter handle is @MichaelShure and the website for...

Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by. 1. Former labor secretary Thomas Perez being elected the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee, narrowly defeating Congressman Keith Ellison. Guest 1: Emily Tisch Sussman, Campaign Director f...

Leslie is joined by Zack Ford, the LGBT Editor at ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The two discuss the effects of the Trump administration withdrawing federal protections for transgender students. Zack’s Twitter handle is @ZackFord. (Image Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Leslie offers some beautiful words in memory of her close and long time friend Alan Colmes, who unfortunately passed away today at the age of 66.

Leslie speaks with Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) about the new immigration orders being passed down by the Trump administration after the already failed travel ban orders went into place less than a month ago.

Leslie analyzes Donald Trump's first month as President with Michael Grunwald, senior staff writer at Politico Magazine.

Leslie is joined by two guests in this hour. First is Executive Director of Allied Progress Karl Frisch. He and Leslie chat about Trump's newest nomination for Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and the previous nominee who withdrew his name from consideration Andrew Puzder. Then, Leslie is joined by former Ambassador of Israel to the United States Itamar Rabinovich. He and Leslie discuss Prime M...

Michele Jawando, the Vice President for Legal Progress at the Center for American Progress is joined by two great in studio panels. First, they discuss the breaking news coming out today that Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination to head the Labor Department. Next, Michele and her guests discuss the resignation of General Michael Flynn as National Security Ad...

Leslie is joined by good friend of the show Brad Bannon, who runs Bannon Communications Research. They discuss the resignation of General Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor in the Trump Administration after only 23 days of holding the appointment.

Cliff Schecter, the Founder and President of public relations and political strategy firm, Libertas LLC fills in for Leslie today. He's joined by Lowell Feld, the proprietor of Blue Virginia and John Hlinko, the proprietor of Left Action, an over 1 million strong activist base of progressives on Facebook and elsewhere. Cliff and his guests discuss the backlash against the Trump administration's de...

Leslie is joined by Chris Moore, Chairman of the Aviation Mechanics Coalition and a Teamsters Airline Division representative. They discuss how the Teamsters Airline Division and Local 284 are contacting NetJets customers as part of an effort to publicize their escalating labor dispute over subcontracting critical maintenance and wages. To quote Moore on the subject, "The majority of NetJets custo...

Leslie is joined by Kara Deniz, Press Secretary and spokesperson for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The two are joined by callers as they discuss the National ‘Right To Work’ Legislation recently introduced in Congress by Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Steve King (R-Iowa). They also explain how ‘right to work’ laws are proven to drive down wages and weaken workers’ unions by undercutti...

Leslie is joined by two different guests on two different topics during today’s show. Her first guest is Greg Chen, Director of Advocacy for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). The two discuss the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ hearing on President Trump’s Muslim ban. Leslie’s second guest is Allison Zieve, Director of the Litigation Group for Public Citizen. They discuss the law...

Leslie is joined by callers, as well as Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.6 million member American Federation of Teachers (AFT). They discuss what the 51-50 vote confirmation of controversial Education Secretary pick, Betsy DeVos, means for America's public education system. The website for the AFT is www. AFT.org and their Twitter handle is @AFTUnion. Randi Weingarten's Twitter handle is @RWe...

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, Pre...

Leslie is joined by Troy Gustafson, a Teamster representative (business agent) for Teamsters Local 120 in Minnesota. Leslie and Troy discuss O’Reilly Auto Parts drivers, represented by Teamsters Local 120, voting to overwhelmingly reject the company’s contract offer. Workers say management’s demands will create safety risks for drivers on the road, undermine their living standards and introduce in...

Morris Pearl, Chairman of the Board of The Patriotic Millionaires joins Leslie to discuss Republicans in the South Dakota legislature voting to repeal the South Dakota Government Accountability and Anti-Corruption Act, a ballot initiative that was approved by a majority of voters in the 2016 election. They go on to discuss the conflicts of interest involved in Trump's travel ban to 7 Muslim majori...