Prisoners call out to protesters and family members gathers outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison where prisoners have been without heat, hot water, electricity

SOTU and Responses; A Push for Criminal Justice Reforms in New York; Race Politics in Virginia

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 6, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor at Politico, and Ali Velshi, MSNBC anchor and business correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, offer analysis of Pres. Trump's State of the Union address and the Democratic responses from Stacey Abrams and Xavier Becerra and listeners weigh in.
  • Khalil Cumberbatch, chief strategist at New Yorkers United for Justice, talks about the criminal justice reforms his group is pushing New York State to enact, plus discusses the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where inmates recently went without heat and power for over a week.
  • Christina Greer, co-host of the New York politics podcast FAQ NYC and associate professor of political science at Fordham University, talks about the scandal engulfing Virginia's statehouse, as Gov. Northam's political future looks shaky after racist photos surfaced on his page in his medical school yearbook.

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