#AskTheMayor; Rep. Jeffries on National Politics; Amazon Pulls Out; Oscar Docs: Minding the Gap; What's In a Word?
The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 15, 2019
Coming up on today's show:
- Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
- Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Representative (NY-8) and House Democratic caucus chairman, talks about the latest on the budget deal and investigations, plus issues specific to his district.
- After months of protests, detractors have gotten their way: Amazon will not be coming to the Big Apple. Vocal Amazon critic Jimmy Van Bramer, NYC City Council Member (26th Queens), talks about what it took to keep the tech giant from his district and takes calls from those relieved and disappointed.
- Bing Liu, filmmaker, talks about his feature-length documentary "Minding the Gap" — nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary
- Ardent language lovers Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett, co-hosts and producers of "A Way With Words," a show about language and linguistics airing on WNYE, discuss the latest in linguistic news, and take calls about slang, new words, old sayings and why some words are just more appealing than others.
