EgyptAir Crash Becomes An Issue In The Presidential Campaign

Published May 20, 2016 at 1:06 PM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the crowd during a campaign stop at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center May 15, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. Clinton is preparing for Kentucky's May 17th primary. (John Sommers II/Getty Images)

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump raised eyebrows yesterday for an early tweet calling the EgyptAir crash terrorism, before much was known about the accident. Likely Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton then called Trump unqualified to be president.

Univision’s Enrique Acevedo and NPR’s Domenico Montanaro join Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson and Robin Young to review the news from the week in presidential politics.

Guest

Enrique Acevedo, news anchor at Univision. He tweets @Enrique_Acevedo.

Domenico Montanaro, lead editor for politics and digital audience at NPR. He tweets@DomenicoNPR.

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