Xi Jinping has claimed a third term as the Communist Party leader in China.  He will now serve another five-year term overseeing the world’s second largest economy and a growing military continuing to pose threats to the U.S. on multiple fronts.  Julia Manchester, national political reporter at The Hill, joins us for the latest in China and more.  With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, Democrats are getting more worried about their prospects, and we’ll get a preview of the high-stakes Pennsylvania Senate debate on Tuesday.
 
Next, it was the largest animal welfare seizure in the Humane Society’s history.  Nearly 4,000 beagles were rescued from the Envigo facility in Virginia where they were breeding dogs for research.  After USDA investigators found horrible conditions there, an undercover investigation by PETA, and a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department, a judge ruled that the dogs be surrendered to the Humane Society.  But that was only the beginning, then came the huge task of retrieving and adopting out the dogs, some of which had health and behavioral problems.  Lizzie Johnson, staff writer at the Washington Post, joins us for the rescue of the Envio beagles.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.