Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the District of Columbia statehood bill, Monday, March 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Ranked Choice Tally Continues; Vaccines vs the Delta Variant; Jan 6. Commission; Supreme Court Wrap Up

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 1, 2021

Coming up on today's show:

  • Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, joins with updates on the ranked choice tally from New York City's primary election.
  • Nsikan Akpan, WNYC's health and science editor, discusses what risk the Delta variant poses to unvaccinated — and even vaccinated — Americans.
  • Nicholas Wu, Politico congressional reporter, and Tom Dreisbach, NPR investigations correspondent, discuss the House committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and what is known already about the insurrection.
  • Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice and legal editor at WNYC, talks about the two final decisions of this term, including the latest on voting rights, and looks ahead to key cases for fall.

 

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

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