People gather Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 to protest in Kenosha, Wis. Anger over the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police spilled into the streets for a third night.

RNC Day Two Recap; Kenosha Police Shooting; NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson; NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson; Democrats' Intra-party Culture War

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 26, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, breaks down highlights from the second night of the Republican National Convention, plus talks about the police shooting and protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  • New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson talks about the issues facing the Council, including school reopening and Sunset Park rezoning.
  • Derrick Johnson, president & CEO of the NAACP, explains the effect changes the USPS is making have on voter suppression, plus talks through the anger and frustration over another shooting of a Black man by law enforcement, ongoing protests in Kenosha Wisconsin, and how he saw last night's RNC speeches. 
  • David Paul Kuhn, reporter, political analyst and the author of The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2020), talks about the Democrats' intra-party "culture war," evidenced by the 1971 anti-war protest in Manhattan broken up by construction workers.

For transcripts, see individual segment pages.

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