Rep. Pascrell on the Week in DC; Vaccine & COVID-19 News; #AskTheMayor; A Hard Year For 'Dry January'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 15, 2021

On today's show:

  • U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell (D-NJ 9) talks about this past week in Congress and looks ahead to the new term.
  • Dara Kass, MD, emergency medicine physician at Columbia University Medical Center and Yahoo News medical contributor, talks about the latest COVID-19 news.
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Listeners call in to share why they are participating in abstaining from alcohol for the month of January, and how it's going during the pandemic, and the tumultuous political moment.

 

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available. 

 

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