Monday Morning Politics; Professor Carol Anderson on the Rittenhouse Verdict; New York's Gubernatorial Race Heats Up; Doing Thanksgiving Your Own Way

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 22, 2021

Coming up on today's show:

  • Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives, talks about the Build Back Better bill and other news from the Capitol.
  • On Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts in his trial for first-degree intentional homicide. Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage and The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021), discusses the verdict and what comes next.
  • Juan Manuel Benitez, reporter at NY1 and host of "Pura Política," joins to discuss the latest news as more candidates throw their hat into the race for New York governor.
  • Listeners share their unconventional Thanksgiving recipes and traditions.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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