January 6 Hearing Preview; 51 Council Members in 52 Weeks: Nantasha Williams; News From New York's Highest Court; News From Your Home Country
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 12, 2022
Coming up on today's show:
- Roger Parloff, journalist and senior editor at Lawfare, previews Tuesday's January 6 hearing, which will focus on the connection between former President Trump and extremist groups involved in storming the Capitol, like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.
- The majority of the New York City Council members are new and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in City history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Councilmember Nantasha Williams talks about her priorities for District 27, which reaches includes the Southeastern Queens neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Village, Addisleigh Park and Springfield Gardens.
- The chief judge of New York's Court of Appeals has announced she'll step down soon. Sam Mellins, senior reporter at New York Focus, talks about his recent reporting on the state's highest court, which he says has issued many consequential decisions that lean conservative.
- From the resignation of the U.K.'s Boris Johnson to the assassination of Shinzo Abe in Japan, to the protesters occupying the offices of Sri Lanka's president until his announced resignation on Wednesday, a number of dramatic and consequential international events have held a spotlight up to the relationships between world leaders and their citizens. Listeners with ties to countries outside the U.S. call in to talk about the news from abroad.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.
