A Prosecutor on the FBI's Search of Mar-a-Lago; 51 Council Members in 52 Weeks: Joann Ariola; Religious Migrants from Peru to Israel; Your One-Minute Editorial

Supporters of former President Donald Trump drive past his Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Ma

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Andrew Weissmann, professor of criminal and national security law at the NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's office and the author of Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation (Random House, 2020), shares his analysis of the FBI's surprise search of former President Trump's Florida estate, and what it signifies about Federal investigations of the former president.
  • 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 Joann Ariola, talks about her priorities for District 32 in Queens, which includes Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, Broad Channel, Howard Beach, Lindenwood, Neponsit, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Rockaway Park, Roxbury, South Ozone Park, West Hamilton Beach and Woodhaven.
  • Graciela Mochkofsky, dean-elect at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism and a contributing writer for The New Yorker, discusses her new book, The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land (Knopf, 2022)
    that documents the life of a little-known religious leader and how he would inspire a wave of Latin American Jewish communities today.
  • Brian reads from local New York and New Jersey editorial pages and invites callers to write and read their own one-minute editorials on the topic of their choice.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.