DNC: Night Three Recap; Mental Health and COVID-19; Miami Mayor; What's Going on With the USPS?
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 19, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Tarini Parti, politics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, recaps the third night of the Democratic National Convention, including speeches by VP nominee Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
- Dr. Ashwin Vasan, epidemiologist and professor at Columbia and CEO of Fountain House, a community-based mental and public health organization, talks on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, including a spike in anxiety, substance use and suicidal ideation among U.S. adults, particularly among young people, racial and ethnic minorities, essential workers and caregivers.
- Francis X. Suarez, mayor of Miami, Florida, talks about the Democratic National Convention.
- U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney (D, NY-12) talks about her legislation the House will be voting on this weekend that aims to prevent further changes to the U.S.P.S. during the pandemic, previews the hearing she'll chair with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and talks about how mail-in voting issues affected her recent primary win.
For transcripts, see individual segment pages.
