Afghanistan Update; One Power Governor Cuomo Shied Away From: Commutations; COVID Boosters; Summer Reading
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 19, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Jessica Donati, Wall Street Journal national security reporter and former Afghanistan bureau chief and the author of Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War (PublicAffairs, 2021), talks about the situation in Afghanistan and the Kabul airport.
- In the days before leaving office Governor Cuomo has so far commuted five people's sentences, releasing them from prison before their sentences are finished. Steve Zeidman, professor and director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at CUNY Law School, talks about Cuomo's use of clemency during his tenure and why he's been less willing to use the constitutional power compared to governors in other blue states.
- Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association, discusses the latest COVID news, from the rise in delta variant cases to the distribution of booster shots.
- Listeners share their summer reading and whether it's helping them make sense of the news or escape it.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
