It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

We're not going to start today with the New York Times story that just broke that says, reportedly, the Trump administration

is considering getting Eric Adams to drop out of the mayoral race by appointing him ambassador

to Saudi Arabia? Well, that's what the time says. We will ask our first guest about that,

probably near the end of this segment, and maybe a later

guest, as we're going to talk to Jane Arraf, Middle East correspondent for NPR.

But we'll begin today with an exit interview with Manhattan Congressman Gerald Nadler.

I'm so excited to talk to him.

This week, Nadler announced that he will retire after next year from the seat

he was first elected to in 1992. So we'll talk about the big picture, in a big picture way,

about these three decades and more arc of history, maybe even further back than that,

as member of Congress was not his first elected office. And we'll talk about

this present moment, including Nadler's reasons for retiring now, his change of heart on

Zeranam Dani for mayor. Now Nadler supports his reelection. He didn't originally, I mean his

election, and maybe more. And maybe Eric Adams as ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Congressman, it's always been our honor to have you on the show over the years. I want to say

that, and I'll acknowledge that many a time because you live near our studios, oh, we actually

don't have them on the line yet? All right.

So I'm going to tell all of you that many a time, because he lives near our studios,

he would just walk over and come right in.

He's in Washington now.

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