Listen to Support it, WNYC Studios. It's the Brian Laird

on WNYc, good morning everyone. For the first segment of our show today we will

re-air an excerpt from the National Call in Election Special that I co-hosted

last night in partnership with Marketplace in our series America Are We Ready.

It was America Are We Ready to Make Family Care More Affordable, Child Care and Elder Care,

also the cost of care for any family member with a serious disability.

This is such a central cost of living issue for so many Americans, I don't have to tell you,

and it's more on the political radar than in any other presidential election.

One of our guests told us the background fact is that Democrats, including the

Biden Harris administration, have tried repeatedly to get child care and elder care

help through Congress, but it's always blocked by Republicans

and recently by Republicans plus Democrat Joan Manchin.

Remember that?

So here's the central portion of last night's

episode in which we directly compare

the Trump and Harris campaigns on this issue.

Then we'll do the rest of the show live.

It's America, are we ready to control family care costs?

The last of three Wednesday Night Election Specials on the impact of this election on the economy.

I'm Kimberly Adams, Senior Washington Correspondent for the Public Radio Program Marketplace.

And I'm Brian Lehrer from WNYC.

Our guest this hour is Heather Long, Washington Post Economic Columnist with a specialty in the U.S. economy and we're

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