It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC.

Good morning everyone.

Have you been listening to Matt Katz's

WNYC podcast series called Inconsievable Truth

about the bombshell revelation he learned from one of those DNA tests

that people take and some shocking American history that he brings into it as

context. We'll kind of do the talk show version with Matt today, including any of your

similar stories of discovering who one of your biological parents actually was. Also today, our transportation reporter, Stephen Nesson,

on a few developing New York area transportation stories.

The MTA has now set the exact start date

for congestion pricing, plus a new discount for some Metro North

and LIRR writers that goes with it, and something we didn't see right away in the New York

State Budget. We didn't mention it in our breakdown of the budget,

that experiment with one free New York City bus route in each borough.

Sorry, they took that away and we'll explain why.

But we begin with Monday morning politics.

This might make you cheer or it might make you cringe,

but on Fridays Howard Stern stern show of all places

President Biden seemed to commit for the first time well maybe commit is too strong a

word to debate Donald Trump in their election campaign this fall.

Here it is, don't blink or you'll miss it.

Howard Stern speaks first.

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