#AskTheMayor; Nadler's Impeachment Question; Generic Drugs' Poisonous Pill; Queue York City

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 31, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC;
  • Jerrold Nadler, U.S. Representative (D, NY-10), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, discusses the growing calls to begin impeachment proceedings;
  • Katherine Eban, investigative reporter, Fortune Magazine contributor and author of the new book Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom (Ecco, 2019), looks at the risks of the global manufacturing system that is developed for generic drugs;
  • Listeners call in to share what they definitely would -- and definitely wouldn't -- wait in line for.

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