It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. I'm Tiffany Hanson, host here in the WNYC newsroom,

I'm filling in for Brian, who is off this week. On today's show, we're going to talk to

former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger.

He was a member of the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6th attack.

He'll share some thoughts about the state of the Republican Party, and I'll ask him about our

own local Republican Congressman George Santos and some of what yesterday's damning House ethics

report alleges about his splashy spending.

Plus, remember the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ophelia that overwhelmed the city earlier

this fall in September, waste high waters, subways shut down, chaotic school drop-offs and

pickups.

Well, turns out just across the river in Hoboken that Friday was a fairly normal rainy day so we'll talk about what Hoboken

learned from Sandy and how the city's preparedness has helped it weather these

types of storms and lastly comedian, Dean Obidala,

will talk about comedy's role,

even when things are terrible,

when terrible painful things are happening in the world,

are we still able to laugh?

We'll talk with Dean about that.

But first, yesterday, Mayor Eric Adams

announced cuts to the city's 110 billion dollar budget

that included reductions in the city's education

budget and public library service. It will also bring the number of NYPD officers

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