Welcome to Talking Feds, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests

for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.

I'm Harry Littman. A quick note about the schedule change. After the

positive feedback we got last time we tried a one day turnaround, we wanted to try it again.

Let us know what you make of it. And don't worry, we'll have a great one-on-one episode for you come Monday morning.

Despite more encouragement from the Supreme Court, some southern states are balking at redrawing their maps for the midterms.

As ugly reminders of Jim Crow come to the floor, some pundits think any handful of new R seats will be a

Pyrrhic victory given the ugly racial politics involved. That said, the whole sweep of the

gerrymandering race is up in the air. You'll hear us talk about the South Carolina State Senate's Tuesday vote

not to redistrict. But just hours after we taped on Wednesday, the state governor made moves

to try to ram through the new map anyway. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice is apparently

considering trying to escape a judge's

scrutiny of Trump's $10 billion suit against his own IRS.

The department is talking of simply settling handing Trump some unknown sum before a judge

can weigh in on whether the case is as collusive as it seems.

And Trump's Zanadu dreams to reconfigure D.C. as a monument to himself with a huge triumphal arch

and a grossly transformed White House are creeping toward reality with assists from his Republican

allies in Congress. To discuss the strenuous efforts of the Trump administration and the Republican

Party to transform the country's political, legal, and physical landscapes, I'm very pleased to be joined by three

great commentators. And they are. Alice in Camerata, an award-winning journalist and author,

she was the longtime anchor of CNN's Morning Show, earning two Emmy Awards in the process.

She's now the host of Connected with Allison Camerata on the Scripts Network and my oldest friend in the business.

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