Covering That 'Crazy' Campaign; NJ Gov: The Second Debate; Senator Gillibrand; Keith Olbermann Isn't Joking; Fall Culture Preview: Theater

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 19, 2017

Coming up on today's show:

Katy Tur, correspondent for NBC News, MSNBC anchor and the author of Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History (Dey Street Books, 2017), talks about her book and the news of the day.
Nancy Solomon, managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, recaps the second debate between Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno.
Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (D-NY), talks about Puerto Rico disaster relief funding and other issues of the day.
Keith Olbermann, veteran of MSNBC and ESPN, now host of GQ's web series The Resistance and the author of Trump is F*cking Crazy: (This is Not a Joke) (Blue Rider Press, 2017), sounds the alarm about the state of the American democracy.
Sara Holdren, New York Magazine theater critic, talks about the theater she's excited to see this fall.

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