Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss whether the young white man who killed nine people at a black church in South Carolina should be prosecuted for hate crimes or terrorism. Lizz Winstead says Donald Trump “just replaced bedbugs as America’s No. 1 pest” upon announcing his campaign for the presidency. And Pope Francis urged Catholics worldwide to confront climate change.

Scheer is joined by Josh Barro of The New York Times moderating from the center, Rich Lowry of the National Review on the right and Winstead, co-creator of “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” as special guest.

Listen here.

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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