Hughey Newsome, BOLD.global/Move-On-Up & Jasmine Jefferson, Social Security Works & Alex Pfeiffer, The Daily Caller joins Thom. Vanity Fair reported that Fox so-called News will pay Gretchen Carlson $20 million - and they issued an unprecedented apology that reads in part "We sincerely regret and apologize for the fact that Gretchen was not treated with the respect and dignity that she and all of our colleagues deserve." This wasn't just about Ailes - this is about the sexist Mad Men-era culture that dominated Fox and other male-dominated corporations. Are we seeing a fundamental transformation at Fox and a rejection of the Mad Men cult as Baby Boomers are dying off? Or is this apology and payoff just supposed to sanitize Fox's image?

Dr. Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research (C.E.P.R.)/Just Foreign Policy/FAILED: What the "Experts" Got Wrong about the Global Economy joins Thom. Between Trump's visit to Mexico and his strong-man speech in Arizona - he seems to be putting on some sort of one-man "good cop, bad cop” routine.

Medea Benjamin, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection/CODEPINK/Global Exchange joins Thom. The United States is supposedly the world's last great hope for democracy. So why does it work so closely with Saudi Arabia - one of the world's most brutal theocracies? The answer in tonight's Conversations with Great Minds with Medea Benjamin.

Thom discusses Trump’s substance-less immigration speech with the Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Mark Weisbrot and the recent DOJ report detailing how prisons are to blame for the high recidivism rates with The District Sentinel’s Sam Sacks. In tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds Thom discusses the U.S. relationship with the Saudis with Codepink founder Medea Benjamin, author of the new book “Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection.”