Washington Week

Airs Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) On this week's Washington Week: Abortion Access: The Biden administration seeks to take the fight over abortion pill access to the Supreme Court, after a week of whiplash in the legal battle over Mifepristone. Pressure to Resign: Absent from the Senate for more than a month due to health problems, 89-year old California Democrat Dianne Feinstein faces calls from some within her own party to resign, setting up a potential political fight with Republicans over temporarily filling her critical Judiciary Committee seat. Classified Leaks: Federal investigators close in on the person responsible for the damaging leak of hundreds of highly classified Pentagon documents related to the war in Ukraine. Joining guest moderator Amna Nawaz to discuss this and more: Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times Leigh Ann Caldwell, Co-Author of The Washington Post’s ‘Early 202’ and Anchor for ‘Washington Post Live’ Franco Ordoñez, White House Correspondent for NPR Sarah McCammon, National Correspondent for NPR Vivian Salama, National Security Reporter for The Wall Street Journal Major funding for “Washington Week” is provided by Consumer Cellular, the estate of Arnold Adams, the Yuen Foundation, Sandra and Carl DeLay-Magnuson, Rose Hirschel and Andy Shreeves, Robert and Susan Rosenbaum, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS. Keep up with WASHINGTON WEEK anytime by visiting the website or joining the conversations on FACEBOOK and Twitter @washingtonweek.

History was made in New York City this week when, for the first time, a former U.S. president was indicted, arrested and arraigned on criminal charges. Republicans were quick to rush to Trump's defense while the Biden White House chose not to engage.

The debate over guns in America is again rising after a deadly school shooting in Nashville. Republicans in Washington responded to the tragedy by saying it is too soon to judge while President Biden admitted that he has exhausted all of his executive authority to act on gun violence. Wednesday evening, the growing tension between the two parties boiled over into the hallways of Congress.

Former President Donald Trump makes a new threat amid developments in the criminal cases against him, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized both Trump and the Manhattan DA investigating him. Join guest moderator Laura Barrón-López, Devlin Barrett of the Washington Post, Heather Caygle of Punchbowl News, Eugene Daniels of Politico and Hans Nichols of Axios as they discuss this and more.