Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, heads to the Senate for a vote, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 in Washington.

Call Your Senator: Sen Gillibrand; Please Kill this Bug; Brooklyn DA on Rikers Crisis; U.N. Food Systems Gathering

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 22, 2021

Coming up on today's show:

  • U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about her work in the Senate and the latest on the military justice, infrastructure, and anti-gun-trafficking legislation.
  • In the midst of a crisis in pollinator populations, we're being asked to kill spotted lanternflies — to prevent damage to trees and their spread to agricultural areas upstate. Entomologist Jessica Ware, associate curator in invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History and president-elect of the Entomological Society of America, talks about this unwanted species and how to help sustain the bugs we need.
  • New York City's prosecutors continued to send people to Rikers Island over the last few months as conditions deteriorated. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez talks about what role prosecutors play in addressing the crisis at the notorious jail complex.
  • Agnes Kalibata, U.N. Secretary-General’s special envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit, talks about the aim of the Food Systems Summit, taking place during this year's General Assembly.

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

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