Hurricane Dorian Updates; Candidate-By-Candidate: Congressman Tim Ryan; Getting Rid of 'Gifted and Talented'; A Brexit Showdown; Football Feminist

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 4, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • Patricia Mazzei, Miami bureau chief for The New York Times , talks about the latest updates from Hurricane Dorian.
  • Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls are in New York City for back-to-back town halls focused on the climate. Robinson Meyer, staff writer for The Atlantic, previews their policy proposals.
  • Tim Ryan, U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district, talks about his 2020 campaign, and how he sees a path to the presidency even though he didn't make the third debate.
  • Maya Wiley, co-chair of the School Diversity Advisory Group's executive committee and NBC News and MSNBC Legal Analyst, argues in favor of eliminating all "gifted and talented" programs in New York City order to help desegregate the school system.
  • Yasmeen Serhan, London-based staff writer for The Atlantic covering Europe, discusses the latest Brexit news now that the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost the majority seat in the House of Commons.
  • Don McPherson, an All-America quarterback at Syracuse University who went on to play professionally in the NFL and Canada shares insights from his new book, You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity (Edge of Sports, 2019).

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