It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom,

filling in for Brian these next couple of days.

Good morning, everybody.

Coming up on today's show,

robot taxis are hitting the city's streets. My colleague Stephen Nesson will explain what Waymo is up

here in the city. Then President Trump has deployed the National Guard in the nation's capital,

a conversation about what's happening now and what may be coming.

And finally, have you ever lost something precious on the subway and then actually got it back?

We want to hear your lost and found stories, so get ready to call in at the end of the show.

But we're going to start things off today with our regular update from City Hall and the campaign trail.

My friend and colleague Elizabeth Kim is out this week.

So joining me this morning is another great city politics reporter, the one and only Katie Hoden,

who works for the nonprofit news website, This City, and is co-host of the FAQ NYC podcast, Katie.

So great to see you as always.

Thanks so much for having me on.

Now, Katie, I was out last week on a trip with my family in Disney World.

It's really magical, as you might imagine, characters come to life.

You become totally immersed in this fictional reality.

I was with my family and truly the only thing that could tear my attention away from all of that news was something that was so

bizarre that I feel like if I saw it in a Law and Order episode, I might say, too much,

not believable. But Katie, without belaboring it, the big windup is a close ally of Mayor Adams gave you a bag of potato chips with an envelope of cash.

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