It's the Brian Laird

on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and

Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today. We've got a big show for you.

It's the first day of July and the last day the Supreme Court

is announcing decisions before its own summer recess and yeah they saved a big

one. We'll learn the court's ruling on the Trump immunity case today.

That's about whether former President Trump has immunity from some of the most serious

charges against him.

That includes a federal indictment for trying to subvert the 2020 election and stay in power.

We will bring you that news as soon as we hear it and we may pivot to special coverage from

NPR.

But we have lots of political news to cover between now and then just under the

wire, the mayor and the city council reached a 112.4 billion dollar budget

deal. Libraries are coming back at full strength, but there's still some questions

about the future of the city's early childhood education programs. Then there's a new documentary

called Majority Rules that looks at a system of voting many of you might be familiar

with it's called rank choice voting if you cast a ballot in the Democratic primary

for mayor in 2021 you used it we'll talk with the filmmaker and an advocate for expanding use of the

system. But first, Democrats are somewhere between freaking out and circling the

wagons. President Biden's debate performance was supposed to reassure

voters that his age was not an issue. That didn't happen. Since last week the New York Times

editorial board has called on Biden to step aside writing at

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