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It's the Brian Laira Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. Coming up on the show today, we'll resume our Call Your Senator series. My questions and yours for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today. And at this moment in history, so much to talk about with her, obviously, why did she do better in her re-election in New York State than Kamala Harris did in the

state? Also, Gillibrand is on the Armed Services Committee, so we'll get her take on

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who wants to remove women's right to apply to be in combat

and wants to end equity and inclusion policies in the military. Also, Trump reaffirming yesterday, did you hear this, that he would use the military in a mass

deportation program using the military within the United States?

And whether she thinks her Republican colleagues will give up the right to confirm or reject

nominees at all, their role in the Constitution,

that President-elect Trump wants the Senate to forfeit voluntarily.

That and more was Senator Gillibrand coming up.

Also, if you yourself have a place to live, you may be surprised by the eye-popping new number

from the group Advocates for Children about the number

of homeless students, unhoused students in the New York City public school system, the number they

estimate is 146,000 New York City kids. That's one in every eight, not having a place to live.

We will talk to Christine Quinn, who runs a major shelter program

for families in New York City about that. And we'll have a call-in at the end of the show

for your stories of maintaining functional relationships across political lines. This will be about

your relationships with friends or relatives or neighbors

or work colleagues with whom you severely disagree about Donald Trump or other politics.

Last week, maybe you were listening, we heard from callers having a hard time maintaining some

of those relationships, and we know there are many. Today, your advice for those listeners with your

stories of functional relationships across the political divide. How do you manage them? By agreeing

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