The Latest Push to Repeal Obamacare; Trump's First U.N. Speech; Co-Sleeping with Your Baby

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 20, 2017

Coming up on today's show:

  • Republicans need just a few more votes to pass the latest Obamacare repeal bill. Mary Agnes Carey, partnerships editor and senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, explains what's inside the bill, written by Senator Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, which would allow insurers to discriminate against customers.
  • Robin Wright, foreign affairs analyst and writer for The New Yorker, discusses Trump's first meeting at the U.N. General Assembly.
  • Excerpts from Brian Lehrer's discussion with Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney General, on public corruption and the rule of law at the CUNY School of Law on September 19th.
  • Susan Livio, statehouse reporter for the Star-Ledger and nj.com who covers health, human services and politics, talks about the controversial, and sometimes deadly, practice of co-sleeping with your infant and how New Jersey is addressing the issue. 

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