Tuesday Morning Politics; India Walton; NYC Primary Latest; Teacher Call-In

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 6, 2021

On today's show:

  • Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and moderator of Washington Week, and a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC, discusses the latest headlines coming out of Washington, D.C.
  • India Walton, Democratic nominee for mayor of Buffalo, New York, talks about how she managed to beat a 16-year incumbent in June, and how other democratic socialists can use her win as a blueprint.
  • David Cruz, WNYC/Gothamist news editor, discusses the results of the other primaries around the New York City, including for borough president and city council, and Josefa Velásquez, senior reporter for The City, talks about her reporting on absentee ballots in the mayoral primary.
  • Teachers are invited to call in and share how they're spending their summer vacations after this school year like no other.

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

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