Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Independent journalist Tim Shorrock assesses rising tensions in the Korean peninsula, the summit meeting between US President Trump and newly elected South Korean president Moon Jae-in, North Korea's nuclear and missile program -- and the debate over deployment of the US THAAD missile system in South Korea.

2) Alka Pradhan, Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School shares her views on the controversy surrounding Steven G. Bradbury, President Trump's nominee to become general counsel at the federal Transportation Dept., due to Bradbury's signing off on legal cover for US torture of detainees during the George W. Bush administration. She'll also provide an update on the current status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay military prison, where she works as a Human Rights Counsel with the US Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions.

3) Jessica J. González, Deputy Director of the media democracy group Free Press, talks about the current national campaign to oppose the Trump administration's effort to dismantle Net Neutrality by repealing Tittle II protections for a free and open Internet.

4) Ann O'Brien,Director of Community Engagement with Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, IRIS of New Haven, discusses her group's work here in Connecticut, and how the Supreme Court's recent ruling to temporarily and partially reinstate President Trump's travel ban will impact the refugees they work with locally and others across the nation.

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