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Week In The News: Obamacare Price Hikes, Early Voting Surge, Historic World Series

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Trump and Clinton in the home stretch.  Obamacare price hikes. Megyn Kelly and Newt Gingrich tangle. The Pentagon and clawed-back bonuses. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, together with his family, from left, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Trump, Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump and Ivanka Trump, cut the ribbon during the grand opening of Trump International Hotel in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, together with his family, from left, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Trump, Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump and Ivanka Trump, cut the ribbon during the grand opening of Trump International Hotel in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Election homestretch and the Bundys walk this week, acquitted after their armed takeover of the federal wildlife refuge in Oregon. Verdict: not guilty. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump says forget the election, just make me president. And if I’m not, it’s rigged. Hillary Clinton deals with more WikiLeaks emails. Appearance of moneygrubbing. We’ve got Obamacare premiums up. The military bonus flap. Newt and Megyn Kelly’s sex talk. This hour On Point, our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. — Tom Ashbrook

Guests

Zeke Miller, political reporter for TIME Magazine. (@ZekeJMiller)

Erica Grieder, senior editor at Texas Monthly. (@EricaGrieder)

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst. (@JackBeattyNPR)

From Tom’s Reading List

TIME: Donald Trump Looks Beyond His Presidential Campaign in Final Stretch — "The shift in strategy is unconventional, but it fits a pattern for Trump, who has always combined promoting his own businesses with his political ambitions. But the strategic moves come at a time when the campaign is not exactly hiding internal differences over the direction of the campaign. 'Donald Trump is at his very best, at his very best, when he talks about the issues,' Conway told CNN for a profile broadcast on Tuesday."

Texas Monthly: The Election Is Not Rigged — "Our election laws, and our elections themselves, are largely under Republican control. Further, Republicans have carried all recent statewide elections by whopping margins; Greg Abbott was elected governor, two years ago, by roughly 20 percent. Voter fraud happens occasionally, as I noted in August, but it is vanishingly rare, especially in states like Texas, where Republicans have taken precautions against it."

Chicago Tribune: You cannot make up a superhero as crazy and amazing as Kyle Schwarber — " Kyle Schwarber is insane. There’s no other way to put it. He’s going nuts in the World Series. He has taken over baseball’s biggest stage after taking nothing more than a bit role in a touring company, and he owns all the spotlights."

This program aired on October 28, 2016.

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