President Donald Trump waves upon arrival back to the White House from a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Mich., early Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. In Washingtom. Trump was impeached by the House.

#AskTheMayor; Impeachment News; Debate Recap: And Then There Were Five; Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 20, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

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

  • Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon, discusses the latest developments since the House voted to impeach Donald Trump.

  • Amanda Terkel, Washington Bureau Chief at HuffPost, reviews Thursday nights Democratic debate.

  • Joy Harjo, performer and writer, the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the author of a new collection, An American Sunrise (W. W. Norton & Company, 2019), discusses her poetry and career.

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