Pres. Biden's Big Speech; Rep. Adriano Espaillat; NYS Sen. Myrie on Guns; India's COVID Crisis; Feds Search Rudy Giuliani's Apartment and Office
The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 29, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Catherine Rampell, syndicated opinion columnist at The Washington Post, political/economic commentator at CNN and special correspondent at PBS NewsHour, talks about President Biden's first formal speech before Congress, which includes his administration's accomplishments in the first 100 days and outlines his vision for the future.
- U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D, NY-13) responds to Pres. Biden's address to the Congress and his 'first 100 days' accomplishments.
- New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie (D-20th, including parts Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, South Slope, and Sunset Park in Brooklyn) talks about his proposed gun legislation and other state issues.
- Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, associate editor at Scroll, an Indian Hindi and English language digital news publication, and S. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, talk about the growing coronavirus crisis inside India, and take calls from listeners with connections to the region.
- Andrea Bernstein, WNYC senior editor and co-host of the WNYC/Pro Publica podcast Trump, Inc. and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power (W.W. Norton and Company, 2020), and Ilya Marritz, WNYC senior reporter and co-host of the WNYC/Pro Publica podcast Trump, Inc., talk about the federal investigation into Rudy Giuliani's alleged lobbying work — which he undertook while he was also President Trump's personal lawyer.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
