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Today’s Agenda: Halperin’s Comeback Tour Prompts Backlash

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 08: Author, senior political analyst for MSNBC and Bloomberg Television Mark Halperin visits 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' at Ed Sullivan Theater on March 8, 2017 in New York City. (Phot... NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 08: Author, senior political analyst for MSNBC and Bloomberg Television Mark Halperin visits 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' at Ed Sullivan Theater on March 8, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images) MORE LESS

By Kate Riga, Nicole Lafond and Caitlin Mac Neal

August 19, 2019 8:21 a.m.

Happy Monday, August 19. Disgraced political pundit Mark Halperin is attempting a comeback after being accused by numerous women of groping and making unwanted sexual advances — and it’s prompting some blowback. Here’s more on that and the other stories we’re watching.

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