AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines you might have missed over the weekend and looks ahead to what’s to come in the week of political news:

• Shutdown and border wall check-in

• AG nominee William Barr confirmation hearing starts this week, says he wants to keep Mueller in place 

• Rod Rosenstein reportedly leaving DOJ after investigation wraps up

• FBI opened investigation into whether Trump was working with Russia & latest on scrutiny of Trump-Putin relationship

• Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress next month

• Syria troop withdrawal began Friday as Sec. of State Mike Pompeo is currently on “reassurance trip” to Middle East

• White House asked Pentagon for plans to strike Iran

• Brexit vote tomorrow

• 2020 Dems -- Sen. Harris doing TV rounds & seems to be all but declaring a run, Gillibrand also staffing up for a run, Julian Castro announces he’ll run, Bernie Sanders staffs up

• Gavin Newsom sworn in Monday, drops budget Thursday

Guests:

Lanhee Chen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; he was an adviser for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign and served as policy director for the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign; he tweets @lanheechen

Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies. He is also a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets @RodStrategies