Week In Politics: Ukraine, Israel And The Border

Published July 21, 2014 at 1:12 PM EDT

President Barack Obama speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza when he arrives later Monday in Cairo, President Obama said. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

Secretary of State John Kerry is on his way to Cairo today, to participate in ceasefire talks with Israel and Hamas.

This past weekend, he said that U.S. intelligence found the evidence against Russian-backed separatists stacking up over the downing of a Malaysian airplane over Ukraine on Thursday. And the immigration crisis at the border, along with the debate over it in Washington, continues.

NPR’s Ron Elving joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson and Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss the week ahead in politics.

Guest

Ron Elving, senior Washington editor for NPR. He tweets @relving.

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