The Stakes

Tara returns from her trip to Israel and recaps the week in insanity, courtesy of the Trump White House.

Tara is in Israel this week, but before she left, spoke with Max Boot about the insanity of the Trump administration. Boot is a historian, best-selling author, foreign-policy analyst, and columnist for the Washington Post. His latest book is  The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right .

Tara talks about the Senate runoff election in Mississippi and the refugee confrontation at the border with Mexico. Her guest is Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), the exclusive labor representative of approximately 16,000 Border Patrol agents.

Tara calls out Trump for his cowardly attack on the military, his ignorance about the California fires, and talks with David Priess about the history of removing presidents. Priess' new book is How To Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives.

Who is Matt Whitaker, out new acting Attorney General? What's the state of our veterans? And how's the recount in Florida going? Tara talks about it all and chats with Lt. General Mark Hertling. Hertling retired after serving almost four decades in the US Army and now serves as a military analyst for CNN.

Tara discusses the midterm results and talks about Trump's firing of Jeff Sessions and his crazy post-midterm press conference with A.B. Stoddard. A.B. is an associate editor and columnist at RealClearPolitics. She appears regularly on FOX's "Special Report With Bret Baier," as well as other shows on FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, and CNN.

Tara talks terrorism in Pittsburgh and the political environment that might have lead up it and the mailbombs last week. CNN political contributor and Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House Paul Begala joins the show to discuss the midterms.

Tara is in Los Angeles this week at Politicon 2018 and discusses the Democratic and Republican infighting at the event. Guests are Henry Winkler - The Fonz - who stops by briefly, CNN commentator Amanda Carpenter, author of Gaslighting America , and Sally Kohn, author of The Opposite Of Hate .

Tara talks about the fallout from her comments on Kanye West's visit to the White House and discusses the controversy over Saudi Arabia and the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi with Ambassador Norm Eisen. Eisen served as US ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2014, and as President Obama’s ethics czar from 2009 to 2011. His new book is The Last Palace.

Tara talks about the tough week that saw Brett Kavanaugh elevated to the Supreme Court. Her guest is Tom Nichols, professor at the Naval War College and Harvard Extension. His most recent book is The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters.

Tara talks about the emotionally exhausting Kavanaugh/Ford testimony, the aftermath, and this week's FBI investigation and discusses what the investigation might look like with Asha Rangappa. Asha is a Senior Lecturer at the Yale University, served as an FBI Special Agent, and is a legal and national security analyst for CNN.

The Kavanaugh accusers continue to appear. What will Christine Blasey Ford say when she testifies this week? Tara dives into the topic and interviews Phil Mudd about his days at the CIA, his thoughts about the Trump administration, and the deep-breathing techniques he uses after cable TV news confrontations. Mudd is a CNN counterterrorism analyst. Mudd joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 198...

Tara kicks off Honestly Speaking with news of Bob Woodward's new White House book, Donald Trump's falling poll numbers, the NFL controversy over the national anthem, and an interview with former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who was in office on September 11th, 2001. His new book is  The Grave Above the Grave.