A protester waves an American flag with a message that reads 'CAN'T BREATHE' during a memorial for George Floyd at Cadman Plaza Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Thursday, June 4, 2020.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries; Dr. Leana Wen; Ask the Mayor; DeRay Mckesson

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 5, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn and Queens) talks about his bill to make chokeholds illegal and the latest on protests and COVID-19.

  • Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and Baltimore's former health commissioner, talks about the health side effects of protests, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, plus looks ahead to New York City entering phase 1 of its re-opening.

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

  • DeRay Mckesson, co-founder of Campaign Zero, host of the podcast "Pod Save The People," and author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope (Penguin Books, 2019), talks about his longtime involvement with #BlackLivesMatter protests and offers advice.

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