The No-Shutdown Deal; Gov. Cuomo Talks SALT, Rent Laws and More; Opportunity Zones; Wrongful Convictions & Flawed Forensic Science; Tuesday Morning Politics

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 12, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • Philip Bump, Washington Post national correspondent, talks about the deal to avert another government shutdown.
  • Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York (D), previews his meeting with President Trump regarding the SALT deduction limit, the upcoming debate in the state legislature over rent laws and more New York State news.
  • WNYC reporter Anjali Kamat and Caleb Melby, Bloomberg financial investigations reporter, talk about "opportunity zones," a bipartisan tax incentive plan to encourage development in low-income areas — who benefits — and why Amazon says it won’t participate, despite the fact that its Long Island City site would qualify.
  • Jonathan Schuppe, NBC News reporter focused on criminal justice, discusses how the justice system ignores science in pursuit of convictions.
  • Heather Timmons, White House correspondent for Quartz, talks about the tentative deal lawmakers reached to avoid another government shutdown (and how beds in ICE detention facilities factored in), Rep. Ilhan Omar's Tweet that was condemned as anti-Semitic and more national political news.

 

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