Impeachment Trial Day One; Some Long Islanders Want Bail Reform; Steps for Saving Democracy; 'May the Best Woman Win' 2020

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 21, 2020

Coming up on today's show:   

  • Jeremy Stahl, senior editor for Slate, discusses the latest impeachment news as the first day of the Senate trial gets underway.
  • Laura Curran, Nassau County executive, talks about the changes she — and at least some of her suburban constituents — would like to see to New York's new bail reform law.
  • Bob Garfield, co-host of WNYC's On the Media and the author of American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves (Counterpoint, 2020), offers his analysis of the state of American democracy (not good) and six steps toward saving it.
  • Mara Gay, New York Times editorial board member, talks about the board's decision to endorse Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren to be the Democratic nominee for president.

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