On today's show:

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn) talks about the attack on Israel and the latest national political news, as Republicans in the House try to figure out who the next speaker will be.
• New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera (D, District 33 in The Bronx), chair of the Senate Health Committee, and Joyce Rivera, founder and CEO of St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction (SACHR), talk about the role of overdose prevention centers and harm reduction in combatting the opioid crisis in The Bronx and throughout the region.
• Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many books, including The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War (Simon & Schuster, 2020), discusses the latest news as Israel declares war on Hamas after an unprecedented attack over the weekend.
• On a trip to Latin America, Mayor Eric Adams tried to dissuade migrants from coming to New York City.  Murad Awawdeh, executive director at the New York Immigration Coalition, discusses the Mayor's trip, the broader response to the arrival of migrants and other related news, and Maria Ponce, executive director of Transnational Villages Network/Red de Pueblos Trasnacionales, talks about the particular challenges facing indigenous migrants and communities in New York City.
• The second Monday in October is now known in New York City as Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day. Teachers call in to talk about how they have changed their lesson plans over the years since celebrating Christopher Columbus has fallen out of favor.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.