Giant Elijah Cummings Dies; Pelosi is 'Deadly Serious' About Impeachment; Rikers Vote; Race, Class & Power in Brooklyn Schools; The Clintons on Gutsy Women

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 17, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • U.S. Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, II (D MO 5th) and Michael Eric Dyson, writer and Georgetown sociology professor, share their thoughts on the life and legacy of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D Baltimore), chair of the House Oversight Committee.

  • Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent for New York Magazine, brings a behind-the-scenes look at how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has handled the last three weeks since she announced she would back an impeachment inquiry into the president. Plus, the latest in impeachment inquiry news.

  • Rachel Holliday Smith, reporter at The City, and Gloria Pazmino, politics reporter at Spectrum News New York 1, talk about today's vote to close Rikers Island and replace it with borough jails.

  • Co-producers and co-hosts of the podcast “School Colors,” Mark Winston Griffith, the executive director of the Brooklyn movement Center, and Max Freedman, journalist, talk about their podcast which examines how race, class and power shape American cities and schools through a deep-dive into those issues in Central Brooklyn. Next up: How NYC's introduction of school choice has played out.

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic nominee for president in 2016, former Secretary of State, former U.S. senator from New York and former first lady of the United States, and Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation and global health advocate, discuss The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience (Simon & Schuster, 2019), and some of their favorite courageous women.

 

 

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