Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 3, 2022: Interview with Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns.

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(1.) Journalists JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS are the authors of the new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America's Future. It covers the period of two years, from the onset of the coronavirus pandemic through the legislative battles of the new Biden administration. The book was published today, but made news even before publication, because the authors released audio recordings from the days after the attack on the capitol, of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying he was thinking about asking Trump to resign, and he was concerned that the extremist rhetoric of some Republican lawmakers could end up getting people hurt. MARTIN and BURNS are national correspondents for the New York Times and political analysts for CNN. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).