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The Brian Lehrer Show
NYC Health Commissioner; NYS Prepares for an Influx of Out-of-State Abortions; Penn Revamp Financing; Heat in Europe

On today's show:
- New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD, talks about the public health challenges facing New Yorkers, including COVID and Monkeypox, plus the launch of 988 as a national suicide prevention number.
- Gillian Dean, M.D., chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY), joins to discuss how abortion providers are gearing up for an influx of out-of-state patients coming to New York.
- Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, talks about the announcement by Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul of a 'financial framework' to fund the Penn Station plan, plus other transit-related news.
- The U.K. has declared a national emergency due to unprecedented heat. Elsewhere in Europe, Spain and Portugal have recorded hundreds of heat-related deaths. Andrew Freedman, energy and climate reporter at Axios, discusses the hellish weather sweeping across the continent.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.