#AskTheMayor; Impeachment: Friday Update; MTA Chairman on New Contract; More on the Impeachment Proceedings

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 13, 2019

Coming up today's show:

  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.

  • Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of USA TODAY, discusses the latest impeachment news.

  • Patrick J. Foye, chairman and CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and former executive director of the Port Authority, talks about the new TWU contract and other MTA matters.

  • The House Judiciary Committee voted and approved the two articles of impeachment, sending it to the full House for a vote next week. Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post White House reporter and CNN political analyst, reports on how the White House is reacting.

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