It's Tuesday, July 11th. I'm Josie Defi Rice.

And I'm Trayville Anderson and this is What a Day, where we are already gearing up for the

Oppenheimer Barbie Double Feature Weekend.

Trayville, are you gonna see Oppenheimer first or Barbie first in an Oppenheimer?

I'm gonna go with Oppenheimer because I think it'll be a little heavy.

And then you come with Barbie as the campy, pallid cleanser.

Me too. Minus Oppenheimer. I'm just gonna see Barbie.

On today's show, intense rain and flooding across the globe has left dozens of people missing

or dead. Plus the New York Times sports desk is no more.

But first, last week, former US congressman, Mondair Jones, announced that he's running again

for a New York House seat. But not just any seat. He's running for the seat he previously held

representing the state's 17th district. You'll likely remember Mondair's name because when he was

first elected back in 2020, he, along with Richie Torres, became the first openly gay black

members of Congress. And Mondair specifically became a rising star of sorts in the Democratic

Party. Yes, also little known fact about Mondair Jones, graduated from law school the same

years, me. For some reason, that doesn't make the headlines like being in Congress, but you know,

it's a big deal. Okay, so you mentioned that Mondair is running for the seat. He was initially

elected to tell us why that is a big deal. Yes. So remember all of the redistricting that was

happening in states before the last midterms? Well, Mondair's seat was caught up in that.

After New York redrew its districts, Mondair would have had to battle with the then chair of the

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney. But you can't really

have, you know, the freshman going up against the stalwart, you know, on the Democratic side. So

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