Wednesday Morning Politics: Candidates Make Their Closing Arguments
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Listen to Support it, WNYc, I'm Tiffany Hanson. |
| 0:23.0 | Filling in for Brian today, Brian will be here, however, tonight for a two-hour special on the election and the media, |
| 0:31.0 | starting at 8 o'clock that is America are we ready. |
| 0:35.0 | Brian joined by Brooke Gladstone and Michael Loinger from on the media that |
| 0:39.5 | conversation happening at 8 o'clock tonight. Today, however, we will talk with WNYC's lead Eric Adams reporter, Elizabeth Kim, |
| 0:48.0 | who will be here, as she always is, on Wednesdays, to report on the Mayor's weekly press conference, the only one where he |
| 0:54.8 | takes questions from reporters on any topic. And here's a spoiler alert. The |
| 0:59.8 | reporters asked why the mayor refuses to join the chorus of Democrats who are comfortable |
| 1:04.6 | calling Trump a fascist? We'll ask Liz about that. Plus, have you noticed how many food |
| 1:09.7 | recalls are out there right now? McDonald's quarter pounders, some types of Boershead deli meat. |
| 1:16.7 | The Trader Joe's, right around the corner from our office here, |
| 1:19.2 | has a very long list of products with pre-cooked chicken. Posted by the registers that are now off limits. |
| 1:25.0 | We'll talk about why this is happening and what you need to know. |
| 1:29.0 | Plus, we'll wrap up the show today by asking you to call in to tell us what your book club is reading. |
| 1:35.0 | First, however, we're obviously less than a week away from the presidential election. |
| 1:40.7 | I doubt that has failed to cross your radar. Candidates making their |
| 1:45.1 | closing arguments to voters. Polls show a deeply divided electorate. There is |
| 1:51.1 | much being said on all sides about what will happen if the other |
| 1:54.7 | candidate wins. Plus, believe it or not, some voters are now, just now, tuning in to |
| 2:01.1 | the political conversation in an effort to make an informed decision on |
| 2:06.2 | election day. |
| 2:07.2 | So with us to talk about the state of the race. |
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