
Rep. Espaillat on the Infrastructure Bill; Analysis of Sunday's U.S. Airstrikes; A Shift for City Council; Your First Pride; Legal News Roundup
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 28, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Adriano Espaillat, U.S. Representative (D, NY-13), joins to discuss recent news from D.C., including details of the infrastructure deal and local elections.
- The current New York City Council has just 14 women members, but after the primary election, early results show women are poised to gain more representation. Laura Nahmias, a reporter, former Daily News editorial board member and now author of a Substack newsletter about New York politics called "Fun City," and Christine Chung, a Queens reporter for The City, talk about who might win, what it means for the council and other results.
- Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many books, including The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War (Simon & Schuster, 2020), talks about the U.S. airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia sites on the Iraq/Syria border ordered by President Biden on Sunday evening.
- Listeners call in to share their experiences from the (mostly virtual) Pride parade from over the weekend.
- Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago School of Law, talks about the latest legal headlines.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.


