It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone, as this week begins with intensity at home and abroad.

Dramatic developments in the war with Iran and the aftermath,

and maybe you missed this because it happened over the weekend,

of a white supremacist rally aimed at Mayor Mamdani outside Gracie mansion

and a potentially deadly response with several explosive devices

by some counter-protesters that the city is calling ISIS-inspired

terrorism. City officials have been holding a news conference about that in the last hour,

and WNYC mayoral reporter Elizabeth Kim will join us during the program with excerpts and what,

if any, longer-term implications there may be from the weekend

incident. In the meantime, the mayor released this statement already. It said yesterday,

which was actually Saturday, he released this on Sunday. Yesterday, white supremacist Jack Lang

organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion, rooted in

bigotry and racism. Such hate has no place in New York City. What followed, the mayor wrote,

was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive

device and hurt others is not only criminal,

it is reprehensible, and the antithesis of who we are. And the mayor added, I want to thank

the brave men and women of the NYPD, who acted quickly to keep New Yorkers safe. Our officers ran

toward danger without hesitation, demonstrating once again the courage and dedication it takes to protect the city every single day, that from Mayor Mamdani.

So we'll see how they build on that this morning.

Liz will come on with us in a bit with excerpts from the news conference, the mayor.

I saw we're speaking, also the news conference, the mayor I saw was speaking,

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