TRussia Update; Trump, Inc. Tips; What's at Stake in Newark's Mayoral Election; Looking at Problem Areas; Facebook's Civil Rights Audit
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 3, 2018
Coming up on today's show:
- Rebecca Ballhaus, Wall Street Journal reporter covering the White House and money in politics, talks about the latest on the Mueller investigation.
- Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy for WNYC news and co-host of the Trump, Inc. podcast, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC reporter, ask listeners for more tips on their Trump, Inc. investigations.
- Newark's mayoral election is Tuesday, May 8. Rebeca Ibarra, WNYC news producer, and Karen Yi, reporter for NJ Advance Media and NJ.com, break down the issues at hand, and what's at stake for the city in the election between the incumbent Mayor Ras Baraka and his challenger, councilwoman Gayle Cheneyfield Jenkins.
- Wyatt Cenac, former Daily Show correspondent, host of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas, discusses his new show, which takes a comedic look at social issues in the United States.
- Brandi Collins, senior campaign director, media, democracy & economic justice at Color of Change, and Sara Fischer, media reporter for Axios, talk about Facebook's announcement that it will conduct a civil rights audit to address the political bias allegations against it.
