President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for his acceptance speech to the Republican National Committee Convention on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020.

RNC Recap and Analysis; Ask the Mayor; Your Personal Social Reopening

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 27, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Charlie Sykes, Wisconsin-based editor-at-large of The Bulwark and host of the Bulwark podcast, Juan Williams, journalist and political analyst for Fox News Channel, and Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and adjunct professor at The Institute of World Politics, recap President Donald Trump's concluding speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention and offer analysis of the four-night event.

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

  • Listeners call in to share what changes they've made in the past month of the pandemic, and how life has changed since March.

For transcripts, see individual segment pages.

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