National News; Gov. Cuomo; Women's Marches; NYPD Commissioner O'Neill; Kondo-izing

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 17, 2019

 

On today's show:

  • Peter Beinart, contributing editor at The Atlantic and professor of journalism at the City University of New York, discusses latest from Capitol Hill on the government shutdown and his take on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's strategy;
  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) talks about his plans for New York in the next year, including a "green new deal," plus how the partial federal shutdown is affecting New York, the MTA and more;
  • Liz Robbins, metro reporter for The New York Times, explains why New York City will host two separate Women's Marches this weekend;
  • NYC police commissioner James O'Neill talks about 2018 crime statistics and the rollout of neighborhood policing;
  • Sarah Archer, author of Midcentury Christmas and the forthcoming Midcentury Kitchen: America's Favorite Room, from Workspace to Dreamscape, 1940s-1970s (Countryman Press, 2019), talks about why Marie Kondo's take on tidying has captured America's imagination.

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