Jan 9 10:30 PM

Will Americans accept Chris Christie's apology?

Gov. Chris Christie holds a news conference at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Jan. 9, 2014.
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Will Americans accept Chris Christie's apology?

Guests: 

Former Assemblyman Richard Merkt (R-N.J.)
Merkt served in the New Jersey State Assembly from 1998 to 2010. 

Bob Ingle @bobingle99 
Co-author of "Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power" and a syndicated columnist for Gannett.

Leslie Sanchez @LeslieSanchez 
Republican strategist and author of "Los Republicanos" and "You’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary and the Shaping of the New American Woman."

Read more about Christie's public apology, via Al Jazeera America. 

Kenneth Bae's sister discusses her family's response to Dennis Rodman's apology

Former NBA star player Dennis Rodman, who is visiting North Korea this week, gave a bizarre response during a Tuesday CNN interview when he was asked whether he would speak up on behalf of Kenneth Bae, an American missionary who has been imprisoned in North Korea since November 2012. Read more about Rodman's comments and subsequent apology, via The Associated Press. 

Guest:

Terri Chung
Sister of Kenneth Bae.   

Who benefits most from paternity leave?

Guest: 

Liza Mundy @LizaMundy 
Program director of the New America Foundation. Co-author of "The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Our Culture."

Read Mundy's article for The Atlantic, "Daddy Track: The Case for Paternity Leave."    

How were German women involved with Nazi atrocities?

Guest: 

Wendy Lower
Author of "Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields," history professor at Claremont McKenna College, and a historical consultant for the U.S. Holocaust Museum. 

Does Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" glorify our financial sector's bad behavior? 

Guest: 

Bill Wyman @hitsville 
Al Jazeera culture critic and former arts editor for NPR.  

The closing of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" will also be discussed. Read a review of its last Broadway performance, via Variety.   

Tune in to Consider This at 10pm ET/7pm PT on Al Jazeera America. Join the conversation during the show by following our social accounts: @AJConsiderThis@HermelaTV, and @AMoraTV.

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