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Week Ahead: Impeachment Latest, Remembering Kobe Bryant, Coronavirus Spreads

Kobe Bryant smiles during a media availability before a basketball game in 2013. (Alex Brandon/AP)

We look at the coming week’s biggest stories. There’s the impeachment trial, of course, but we’ll also make time for news from the rest of the country and around the world.

Guests

Lisa Desjardins, correspondent for PBS NewsHour. (@LisaDNews)

Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor at Politico. (@anitakumar01)

Anton La Guardia, digital editor for the Economist Magazine. (@AntonLaGuardia)

Shira Springer, sports and society reporter at WBUR. (@ShiraSpringer)

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