week in the news

On Point's weekly news roundtable, which airs Friday mornings at 10 a.m. ET.

A girl stands with her mother during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has led to the separation of families, Thursday, May 31, 2018, in San Antonio. (Eric Gay/AP)

Week In Review: Immigration Separation Policy, 'Grand Bargain'

We speak about what Massachusetts lawmakers should be doing about the immigration policy that separated children at the border.

Radio Boston

18:37Jun 22, 2018

Candles sit in front of the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments where the shooting deaths of Christopher Joyce and Clayborn Blair occured Friday night. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Week In Review: A Shooting In Jamaica Plain

Our week in review looks at the death of two innocent victims in a Jamaica Plain shooting.

Radio Boston

22:00May 11, 2018

Sen. Stanley Rosenberg is at center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Week In Review: Stan Rosenberg Resigns, Scott Lively And The Mass. GOP

Our panelists break down the latest news from the State House and last weekend's state Republican convention.

Radio Boston

20:31May 4, 2018

Democratic Newton Mayor Setti Warren was the first popularly elected black mayor in Massachusetts. Warren is also an Iraq War veteran and a former staff member for Sen. John Kerry. (Josh Reynolds/AP)

Week In Review: Setti Warren Out Of Governor's Race; Yawkey Way Name Change

A look at the major news stories of the week, from the governor's race to a name change for Yawkey Way.

Radio Boston

24:01Apr 27, 2018

Mount Ida students and personnel gather outside of Alumnae Hall for a meeting with UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Robert E. Johnson. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Week In Review: Mount Ida College Closing, Ashbrook Apology

Host Meghna Chakrabarti reviews the week's news with Ed Lyons and John Carroll.

Radio Boston

26:30Apr 13, 2018

The Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Week In Review: Criminal Justice Bill Passes, State Police Reforms

Criminal justice reform, state police scandal, and thousands of cases dismissed over tainted drug lab results.

Radio Boston

26:00Apr 6, 2018

Baker announces his climate bond bill Thursday in Scituate. (Courtesy Rachel Mandelbaum for the Office of the Governor)

Week In Review: Missing Police Payroll And Criminal Justice Reform

We go behind the week's headlines with Jim Stergios and Michael Curry.

Radio Boston

25:30Mar 30, 2018

In this 2016 file photo, Gov. Charlie Baker smiles with Lt. Gov. Karen Polito, left, after he signed a bill into law at the State House in Boston. Baker and Polito both will seek a second term in the 2018 election. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Week In Review: Gov. Baker's High Approval Numbers, Trump's Opioid Plan

We go behind the week's headlines with Arline Isaacson and Joe Battenfeld.

Radio Boston

32:02Mar 23, 2018

Boston-area students gather at St. Paul's Cathedral on Tremont Street in Boston prior to marching to the State House to meet with legislators. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Week In Review: NDAs On Beacon Hill, Walkouts And Yawkey Way

We go behind the week's headlines with our panel, Tiziana Dearing and Tito Jackson.

Radio Boston

30:01Mar 16, 2018

Surrounded by steel and aluminum workers, President Trump (center) signs a proclamation on steel imports during a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on March 8, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Week In Review: Trump's Tariffs, Local Impacts Of Climate Change

Our week in review panelists, Jennifer Bracers and Michael Jonas, go beyond the headlines.

Radio Boston

25:30Mar 9, 2018

Somerville High School students march down Cedar Street toward Trum Field. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Week In Review: Gun Debate, State Police Turmoil

We go behind the week's headlines with Renée Graham and Ed Lyons.

Radio Boston

22:59Mar 2, 2018

School students from Montgomery County, Md., in suburban Washington, rally in solidarity with those affected by the shooting at Parkland High School in Florida, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Week In Review: Guns In Schools, MBTA Red Line

We go behind the week's news with our panel, Tom Keane and Jennifer Nassour.

Radio Boston

27:30Feb 23, 2018

Students gather during a vigil at Pine Trails Park for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Week In Review: Florida School Shooting

We go behind the headlines with Susan Tracy and Charlie Chieppo.

Radio Boston

24:01Feb 16, 2018

Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said the "major thrusts" of the Senate cost containment bill "were to try to guarantee access, maintain or improve quality, bring down cost, and maintain or improve outcomes." (Sam Doran/SHNS)

Week In Review: Chandler Will Remain Senate President And The Future Of The Northern Pass

Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, a minister at the Bethel AME Church in Jamaica Plain, and Richard Tisei, former Republican leader of the state Senate, analyze the week's big local stories.

Radio Boston

19:30Feb 9, 2018

President Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Week In Review: Trump's State Of The Union And A Congressional Race Takes Shape

Our panel, Tiziana Dearing and John Carroll, go behind the week's headlines.

Radio Boston

11:01Feb 2, 2018

Gov. Charlie Baker waves to those in attendance before he delivers his State of the Commonwealth address in the Massachusetts House Chamber on Tuesday in Boston. (Stephan Savoia/AP)

Week In Review: Uproar Over Health Plans And The State Of The State

Our panel, Tom Keane and Renee Loth, dive into the week's biggest headlines.

Radio Boston

27:30Jan 26, 2018

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he walks towards the Senate as Congress moves closer to the funding deadline to avoid a government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Week In Review: Stalemate In D.C. — And A GE Breakup?

We go behind the week's headlines with Jim Stergios and Arline Isaacson.

Radio Boston

22:31Jan 19, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Week In Review: Immigration, Marijuana And The WBUR Poll

This week on Week In Review, we talk about the struggle to strike an immigration deal, the ambiguous future of marijuana in Massachusetts, and the results of WBUR's new poll....

Radio Boston

25:00Jan 12, 2018

MBTA staff work to move a bus stuck across Boylston Street in front of the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Week In Review: Storm Aftermath And Inaugurations

We go behind the week's headlines with Susan Tracy and Richard Tisei.

Radio Boston

23:31Jan 5, 2018

A moment of the funeral service for late Cardinal Bernard Law, at St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Law, who died Wednesday at age 86, resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston in 2002 after revelations that he covered up for dozens of priests who raped and sexually molested children, moving them to different parishes without telling parents or police. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Week In Review: Cardinal Bernard Law And Tax Overhaul

The former head of the Boston Archdiocese during the height of the child sex abuse scandal died this week. And Trump signed the GOP tax bill into law.

Radio Boston

24:30Dec 22, 2017

BBC Newsday

Week In Review: Immigration Separation Policy, 'Grand Bargain'

Week In Review: A Shooting In Jamaica Plain

Week In Review: Stan Rosenberg Resigns, Scott Lively And The Mass. GOP

Week In Review: Setti Warren Out Of Governor's Race; Yawkey Way Name Change

Week In Review: Mount Ida College Closing, Ashbrook Apology

Week In Review: Criminal Justice Bill Passes, State Police Reforms

Week In Review: Missing Police Payroll And Criminal Justice Reform

Week In Review: Gov. Baker's High Approval Numbers, Trump's Opioid Plan

Week In Review: NDAs On Beacon Hill, Walkouts And Yawkey Way

Week In Review: Trump's Tariffs, Local Impacts Of Climate Change

Week In Review: Gun Debate, State Police Turmoil

Week In Review: Guns In Schools, MBTA Red Line

Week In Review: Florida School Shooting

Week In Review: Chandler Will Remain Senate President And The Future Of The Northern Pass

Week In Review: Trump's State Of The Union And A Congressional Race Takes Shape

Week In Review: Uproar Over Health Plans And The State Of The State

Week In Review: Stalemate In D.C. — And A GE Breakup?

Week In Review: Immigration, Marijuana And The WBUR Poll

Week In Review: Storm Aftermath And Inaugurations

Week In Review: Cardinal Bernard Law And Tax Overhaul