Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right and Center” panelists discuss a new proxy war in the Middle East as the U.S. supports Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen. Also, Ted Cruz announces his run for president and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid endorses Sen. Charles Schumer as his successor after announcing he will not seek re-election.

Scheer is joined by Josh Barro of The New York Times in the center, Rich Lowry of National Review on the right and special guest Emily Bazelon of The New York Times Magazine and Yale Law School.

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— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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