It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. So as the U.S. military action in Venezuela

obviously dominates the news, maybe it slipped under your radar that President Trump and

RFK Jr. removed six childhood vaccines from the list of those recommended for all kids yesterday.

They did it with no public hearings or other input, as I guess would be customary for such a change.

We will do a segment on that later this hour, including what

parents and pediatricians need to know about insurance coverage if they choose to get all the

vaccines, and our guests will bring the science. Speaking of caring for your kids, you may also

not have seen that the Trump administration yesterday cut off New York and six other

states led by Democrats from billions of dollars in child care funding.

There's a New York Times article on this this morning, and this, of course, just as Mayor

Mamdani and Governor Hockel are beginning to aim for universal child care.

We will also talk today with our housing reporter, David Brand,

about Mayor Mamdani's first moves on housing.

Obviously, the number one issue for so many in the city, affordable housing.

There's a lot more going on already than just trying to freeze rent-stabilized rents.

And at the end of the show, we'll hear an argument that setting up rituals for yourself

is more productive than making New Year's resolutions.

Rituals versus resolutions as a path to a better year.

We have a guest and we'll take your calls.

But first, it's our first call-your-senitor segment of 2026. It's with New Jersey

Senator Andy Kim. As a former State Department and Pentagon employee, someone who served the U.S.

government in Afghanistan, and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee when he was in the

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