Perspective Podcast - November 7, 2014
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In this edition of Perspective...
Midterm Election Roundup
This past week's midterm elections were a big win for the Republicans. The GOP grabbed the majority in the Senate after an election that saw Democrats lose races in key states. To break it all down, ABC's Dan Harris sat down with ABC News Political Analyst Matt Dowd, former White House staffer and "The View" co-host Nicole Wallace, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, conservative commentator Bill Kristol, and former Obama senior advisor David Plouffe:
Independent Voters
Before and since the election we've heard a great deal from Democrats and Republicans - from President Obama to incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Both sides spent billions of dollars attacking each other in campaign ads. But about a third of voters call themselves independent. ABC's Richard Davies spoke to independent and former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura for his take on the election:
Meth Houses
You're about to meet one law-abiding family who got quite the shock after moving in to their dream house. That's because it used to be a meth lab…and it was literally making them sick. Turns out there may be quite a few of these homes on the market. ABC's Alex Perez has the details:
Satanic Preacher
"The Pope of Santanism." That's what one preacher in Oklahoma has dubbed himself...he worships the devil in plain sight and doesn't hide from his past run-ins with the law. The small community he lives in sure has noticed…and they're not staying quiet. Here's ABC's Byron Pitts:
Former Rivals Talk Watergate
They were two men entrenched in the Watergate scandal. John Dean was White House counsel during the cover-up; Bob Woodward led the charge in uncovering the scandal for the Washington Post. For the first time, they sit down for an interview together to talk about Watergate and the editor in charge of the Post at the time - the late Ben Bradlee. ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked the questions:
Secrets Of A Geisha
What do you think of when you hear the word "geisha?" For many of us, we think of the Japanese tradition made popular by movies and books. But there are geishas still around, working…ABC's Juju Chang sat down with one of them:
"On The Town"
A classic American musical has come back to Broadway. ABC News Entertainment correspondent Bill Diehl is here to take us to "On the Town:"
Host: Cheri Preston
Producer: David Rind
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