Mueller Indictments; Meet the Candidates for Nassau County Executive; A Questionable de Blasio Donor; Supporting Diversity and Free Expression on Campus

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 31, 2017

Coming up on today's show: 

  • David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones and MSNBC analyst, and Ari Melber, host of The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC, chief legal correspondent for MSNBC, NBC legal analyst and lawyer, discuss the first indictments to come out of the Mueller investigation.
  • Democratic Laura Curran talks about her candidacy for Nassau County Executive. Then, Jack Martins, Republican candidate for Nassau County executive, talks about his platform. 
  • Harry Siegel, a Daily News columnist, discusses the recent testimony from real estate investor Jona Rechnitz, who admitted to "giving money to the mayor of New York in exchange for favors."
  • John Palfrey, head of school at Phillips Academy Andover and co-author of Born Digital and author of Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Diversity and Free Expression in Education (The MIT Press, 2017), offers a way for educators to navigate the competing values of diversity and free expression.

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