Laura Poitras; NYC Council Speaker; War Powers | The Brian Lehrer Show

5 segments

The City Council Speaker's State of the City 21 min

When Private Money Funds Public Parks 24 min

Pure-Bred Problems 15 min

Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald in Hong Kong, from "Citizenfour," a film by Laura Poitras.

President Obama has asked Congress for three-year authorization of use of force against ISIS. Fred Kaplan of Slate explains why. Plus: our series of interviews with the filmmakers behind this year's Oscar-nominated documentaries continues with Laura Poitras of "Citizenfour"; NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on her State of the City address; the future of parks funding; and your calls on purebred dogs.