#AskTheMayor; Friday Morning Politics; Jill Lepore

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 21, 2018

Coming up today:

  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes your calls in our weekly Ask The Mayor segment. 
  • The latest on whether Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford will testify before the Senate with Washington Post reporter Philip Bump.
  • Jill Lepore, professor of American History at Harvard University, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about her new take on the full scope of U.S. history.

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