From WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Tuesday, May 14th.

Politico calls it likely the most contentious Democratic primary in the nation this year, and last night's

debate certainly sounded like it. This is for the June 25th primary in New York's 16th

congressional district, basically all of Westchester below the Tappenzie Bridge, more or less,

and a little bit of the North Bronx, including Co-op City.

The incumbent is Congressman Jamal Bowman, member of the squad, along with, you know,

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and that handful of other squad members.

The Challenger is Westchester County Executive George Latimer, who's running as more of a centrist Democrat.

They disagreed substantively last night on issues,

including the Israel Hamas War, police versus other kinds of funding to prevent crime,

how each of their records overlaps with some Republicans in a few specific ways, and more.

So we'll play a few excerpts now. Invite you to call or text with your

reactions and get analysis from two guests. The debate was on the News 12 cable channel in

Westchester and the Bronx. And we have the moderator, their anchor and reporter, Tara Rosenblum,

and we have Chris McKenna, political reporter for lohud.com, also known as the journal

news, which covers the northern suburbs of New York City. Tara, thanks for joining us on the day

after you moderated, and Chris, welcome back to WNYC.

Great to be with you. Thanks for having us.

We will begin with a stretch from right near the beginning of the debate the full answers

when the candidates were asked for their basic takes on the Israel-Hamas war and how they're

consistent with the values of voters in the district, as I think how you asked to Tara.

And you will hear also in this clip Tara asked them each a follow-up question.

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