Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas); Ben Watson, Baltimore Ravens; American Muslim Woman Political Action Committee founder Mirriam Seddiq; female first responders on 9/11; Susan Estrich, the attorney who defended former Fox News Chief Executive Roger Ailes.

Carl Cannon discusses the presidential candidates' poll numbers; Sean Spicer talks about Donald Trump's campaign promises and problems; The Museum of African American History and Culture; opioid addiction; rethinking high school.

Stumbling blocks for Hillary Clinton; the police practice known as ``stop and frisk''; the Standing Rock Sioux's political demonstration against Dakota Access Pipeline; Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson; the first presidential debate.

The controversy surrounding the anthem protests; what running mates must do to make a difference; the Latino vote; bi-partisanship comes to Capitol Hill; Selfie Nation.

In Chicago: a proponent of community-based policing and targeted forces, turning around a troubled high school, and a pastor's social justice work and outspoken advocacy; rapper Dee-1 at the SEED school in Washington, D.C.; the Nobel Peace Prize.

Voter registration and early voting trends in Florida; millennial voters in Philadelphia; Donald Trump and the rape culture; the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti; the final presidential debate.

The labor force downturn; upward mobility; a state-by-state analysis of the likely presidential vote; the North Dakota Access pipeline project; Canadians' opinion of the U.S.

GOP operative Ed O'Brien Murray; data-driven journalism in the age of polls; U.S. Senate races in Nevada, New Hampshire and Missouri; New York City first lady Chirlane McCray discusses mental health; comic Dean Obeidallah; Halloween costumes.

Stephanie Rawlings Blake, DNC; voter fraud; a Marine veteran fighting post-traumatic stress; ballot initiatives; the science of election stress.

Political strategists Jamal Simmons and John Feehery; author Jay Newton-Small; the Latino vote; Veterans Day.

The Supreme Court; trade policies and tax policies; Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) drives for Uber; the Electoral College; student loan debt; a woman moves from refugee to representative; the presidency takes a toll on everyone who holds the office.

President Obama's accomplishments and missed opportunities; what Trump voters think about the country and their own economic future; teens living meal-to-meal because their families struggle financially; targeted charitable giving.

The North Dakota Access pipeline standoff; Constitutional requirements and conflict-of-interest laws applying to the presidency; the impact of American policies on Cuba's citizens; recounts in three states; holiday stress.

The Democratic Party in disarray; Donald Trump makes a deal with a manufacturer to keep jobs in the U.S.; fake news; the cost of putting a situation room in Air Force One; combating opioid abuse.

Russian meddling in the U.S. election; Russia's long-term efforts to undermine faith in democratic systems and the implications for national security; Middletown, Ohio, makes a comeback; author J.D. Vance (``Hillbilly Elegy''); the Bill of Rights.

President Obama's major legislative accomplishments; the divide between rural and urban America; the surging murder rate in Chicago; comic Dean Obeidallah; the power of social media to make a point.

The college readiness gap; integrating technology into young children's curricula; student loan debt; Donald Trump's student loan repayment plan; hate speech; a rapper teaches teens financial literacy; the most-shared tweets of 2016.

Republican plans to repeal and replace Obamacare; author Wil Haygood (``The Haygoods of Columbus''); the presidency and the press; singers Kim Burrell and Shirley Caesar make politically incorrect remarks; poverty; guest host Jessica Gomez.

The best path forward for Democrats working with the Trump administration; a bi-partisan group of ethics attorneys; the potential future U.S.-Russia relationship; a lighthearted look at inaugurations past; remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The state of the American dream as Donald Trump becomes the 45th president; Oren Cass, Manhattan Institute; sanctuary city Santa Ana, Calif.; millennials in North Carolina; a realism about America; the inner life of President George Washington.

President Trump and NAFTA; the Affordable Health Care Program; the Women's March on Washington; the Dakota Access pipeline protests; why facts matter and what is worth arguing about.

President Trump and the National Security Council; the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court; NATO and the worldwide refugee crisis; sex trafficking of children; Super Bowl commercials.

The woman at the center of the Emmett Till case has admitted to lying; an interview with a witness to the Till kidnapping; efforts to combat terrorism in America; the effect of refugees flooding into Europe; press coverage of the Trump presidency.

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.); dysfunction in the Democratic Party; Donald Trump's plan to dismantle Dodd-Frank; a project preserving the legacy of Emmett Till; political drama involving the celebration of George Washington's birthday.

Dr. Mohammed Zuhdi Jasser discusses Muslims and America; policing based on immigration status; immigration judges' case loads, priorities and decisions; the history of leaks to the press; copies of Frederick Douglass' autobiography given away.

David Satter, the only U.S. journalist expelled by the Kremlin since the Cold War; the first national television interview with child survivor of Auschwitz Michael Bornstein; safety concerns raised by ongoing political protests; Lego.

The Democratic strategy of resistance; the conditions in immigrant detention centers and legislation to guarantee detainees legal counsel; tolerance and free speech on college campuses; rolled-back regulations; paying for a border wall; fake news.

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch prepares for tough questioning; 28 million self-employed Americans struggle to pay for health care; veteran suicide; gerrymandering cases in seven states; two House members broadcast their road trip online.

Tracking hate crimes; 2012 Sikh temple shooting; Tony McAleer talks about his new organization, Life After Hate; Dr. David Shulkin discusses post-traumatic stress disorder; a Muslim Marine on a cross country quest.

A former Army photographer, an Army medic and a motivational speaker discuss struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Trump administration faces challenges from North Korea, China and Syria; conservatives who do not back Trump's agenda; the investigation into Trump campaign ties to the Kremlin; Syria's civil war; an impromptu viral musical performance.

The mayor of sanctuary city Newark; former Rep. Patrick Kennedy discusses mental illness and addiction; a school for refugee children; New York's new free-tuition program for college students; student essays about Jackie Robinson.

Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.); restaurant workers join the emoluments case against Donald Trump; the presidential order targeting Planned Parenthood; a new gun law in Iowa; reforming visa programs; observing Earth Day with a NASA program.

Capitol Hill politics, bipartisanship and finding solutions to America's problems; a solar energy farm in Kentucky; why Hillary Clinton lost the election; the Democrats' first 100 days resisting the Trump administration; ``Challenge SWAP.''

College campuses become ground zero in the fight over free speech; why truth is decaying in the political sphere; the mayor of Gary, Ind., discusses poverty and unemployment; the Continuing Resolution; kids sue the government, fossil-fuel companies.

The Democratic resistance movement and ``resistance fatigue''; maintaining the independence and integrity of the FBI; what happens when an illness becomes a pre-existing condition; a young man who helped make policy; the importance of human life.

Senators take on drug companies over skyrocketing costs; an alternative to seeking the most serious charges available for any offense; the skills gap and manufacturing jobs; professional self vs. political activity; Flint residents charged for water.

The impact of federal budget cuts on students; racial and partisan gerrymandering; the skills gap in manufacturing; remembering President John F. Kennedy; the history of Memorial Day.

Jill Wine-Banks, the only woman on the Watergate trial team, discusses the Russia probe; pulling out of the Paris Accord; removing the symbols of the Confederacy; an update on the Dakota Access Pipeline; women-only screenings of ``Wonder Woman.''

Three major story lines of the Trump administration come together this week in Washington; two U.S. senators discuss governing in the age of Trump; Trump's long-promised plan to pour as much as $1 trillion into rebuilding the nation's infrastructure.

Refugees in America; a school for refugee children; professional football player and author Ben Watson shares his own refugee story; providing electricity to refugee camps; advice on fatherhood.

U.S. senators discuss The Better Care Reconciliation Act; dangers of the Affordable Care Act to middle America and rural health care; ground-level governing in America's cities; local law enforcement in sanctuary cities; politically correct emojis.

The Congressional Black Caucus' policy differences with the White House; Millennials and access to health care; the dynamics of being a Democrat in the Heartland; sanctuary cities and immigration laws; free speech on campus; preserving grizzly bears.

Active-duty military and veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder; new research on causes and treatments; organ donation.

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel talks about the Affordable Care Act; professor Kathleen Clark looks at the legal implications of Donald Trump Jr.'s emails; Mayor Michael Signer on the controversy over confederate statues; baseball historian John Thorn.

Racism in the criminal justice system; 1967 uprisings on the streets of America's major cities; the coal industry's effort to co-exist with renewable energy; teaching about police stops in driver education; nuns protesting a pipeline.

Those who lived through the 1967 civil unrest in Detroit; the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission; a panel of Detroit journalists discuss the city; the Detroit Historical Society; eyewitnesses to the civil disturbance, in their own words.

Congressional moderates rebel against party leadership; America's affordable-housing crisis; citizens who want to buy health insurance but have no providers; the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Confederate history and symbols, and what to do about them; why the NAACP issued a travel warning for the state of Missouri; the upcoming solar eclipse.

The travel ban on refugees; the lives of refugees in the United States; NFL player Ben Watson tells of visiting a refugee camp in Lebanon.

Why August 28 is one of the most important dates in the history of the civil rights movement; the women whose vision created the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washihgton, D.C.