Brian Laird on W.N. Y.C. and just to put a pin in the call and we were just having the actual word

count from the newsletter responses had the word all as the actual number one word that people used in their responses

last week. The number one word was all. The number two word tied for number two were

justice and freedom and number three was

three was equality followed by respect and fair so those were the the

actual results of top words used in your six word descriptions of your core political values.

Now, as usual on Wednesdays, our lead Eric Adams reporter Elizabeth Kim is here with excerpts

and analysis from the Mayor's Tuesday News Conference and she'll take your calls and texts about some of these things.

One of the headlines is that despite four beach drownings less than three weeks

into the season, the mayor dismissed calls for longer lifeguard hours.

Mayor Adams was also asked to reflect on the ways in which migration has been turned into a major election issue on the national stage.

I think he broke some news about a declining number of asylum seekers coming since

Joe Biden changed the border policy.

So I'll hear those clips and touch on a few more topics in city politics.

Hi Liz, happy Wednesday.

Happy Wednesday, Brian.

And listeners, we can take some calls if anybody wants to weigh in or ask Liz a question

212 433.

WNYC 212 433 9694-9692 call or text.

So before yesterday's news conference, Mayor Adams attended a funeral for two young sisters from the Bronx who drowned at Coney Island.

And last month, two teenage boys drowned at Jacob Reese Park.

Before we hear our first clip, can you give us some context for these tragic losses of life?

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