Flint-like Water Crisis in Newark; Meet the Candidates: NJ 11; 30 Issues: Wage Gap; Out-of-State Midterms; Marathon Inspiration
The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 1, 2018
- Karen Yi, reporter for Star-Ledger and NJ.com, discusses the responses to findings of elevated lead levels from pipes delivering Newark’s water and is joined by Erik Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council's senior director for their Health and Food, whose organization is suing the city over the issue.
- First, the Republican nominee Jay Webber, New Jersey Assembly Member (R 26th), then Democrat Mikie Sherrill, former Navy helicopter pilot and assistant U.S. attorney, make their cases to voters in New Jersey’s 11th district (Morris County).
- Wages are up according to recent reports put out by the Labor Department. Dean Baker, macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C, and Stephen Moore, fellow at the Project for Economic Growth at the Heritage Foundation and author of Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy, debate whether Trump's approach to the economy is responsible for the wage growth, and how to keep it going for all Americans.
- Listeners, call in and tell us which out-of-state midterm race you're following closely -- and what locals to that state are saying and feeling. If you're from Georgia, or Texas, or any other state, call in and tell us the inside track on the big races there.
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Runners in this Sunday's New York City marathon call in to share why they're doing it -- their motivation, goals, training regiments, who or what they're raising money for and more.
