Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

on WNYC and WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

Did your neighborhood get sprayed with pesticides last night?

On today's show, we'll discuss how New York is grappling with West Nile virus, a COVID spike,

and the possible return of Mpox all at the same time.

The spraying to kill mosquitoes that might carry West Nile was in Upper Manhattan. Tonight will be in parts of Brooklyn. Did you hear, by the way, that Anthony Fauci

was recently hospitalized with West Nile virus? So we'll talk about that. Also, two ways that amid all

the talk of joy, freedom, and unity at the Democratic Convention,

some progressives have been left with questions about what kind of president, Kamala Harris,

would be on two key issues.

One of them is climate change.

We'll talk about that later in the show.

First, some of what was included and some of what was excluded from the Democratic Convention

has some progressive skeptics

asking what kind of foreign policy president would Harris actually be. On the war in Gaza,

as you probably know, the exclusion of any Palestinian from a speaking role became a public

issue during the convention. Also, her assertion in her acceptance speech that she and President Biden

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