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The Brian Lehrer Show

Congress Responds to Trump's Foreign Aggression & ICE Shooting

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Burgess Everett breaks down the responses from Capitol Hill as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle respond to the Trump administration's moves in Venezuela and public musings about purchasing the country of Greenland.

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0:00.0

This is WNYC, FM, HD, and A.M., New York.

0:24.2

It's the Ryan Lair show on WNYC.

0:28.6

I'm Amina Serna, a producer here on the show filling in for Brian today.

0:29.7

Good morning, everyone.

0:35.6

Coming up on today's show, WMYC and Gothamist transit reporter Stephen Nesson will join us to talk about all the news from his beat,

0:38.8

including what Mayor Mom Dani has done so far on bike lanes and street safety,

0:43.3

how one year of congestion pricing has changed traffic patterns,

0:47.1

and how the Omni rollout is going, since you can no longer buy or refill your MetroCard.

0:52.6

Plus, later in the show, how to spot AI-generated content that I'm sure is now

0:57.4

populating your social media feeds.

0:59.9

My guest is an expert in so-called digital deception, media literacy in the age of AI,

1:06.0

coming up later in the show.

1:08.4

And we'll wrap today's show with a conversation that I think was made for

1:12.3

radio, all about the disappearing southern drawl. And no, I won't attempt to do it myself. There are

1:19.2

issues of class, race, discrimination, and of course what we lose when accents fade away,

1:25.5

and everyone starts to sound the same. But first,

1:30.9

lawmakers are disputing the federal account of the fatal shooting of an American woman by

1:36.0

U.S. immigration and customs enforcement, which occurred yesterday in Minnesota. News outlets have

1:41.9

identified the woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent as

1:45.5

Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three. According to several state lawmakers,

1:52.0

Good was at the scene of an ice raid as a legal observer. Both President Donald Trump

1:58.0

and Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome called the shooting an act of self-defense on the part of the ICE agent.

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