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Monday Morning Politics: The President and COVID-19
Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, reports from Washington with the latest on the president's health and the COVID outbreak at the White House.
Why Is the Medical "Kitchen Sink" Being Thrown at Trump?
Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, infectious disease physician; assistant professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina, talks about the latest news on the COVID cases in the White House, and other coronavirus-rel
The Supreme Court is Back in Action
It's the first Monday in October, so the Supreme Court starts its new term, in the midst of the pandemic and the Republican rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Justice Ginsburg. Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice at WNYC, previews wh
Ask the Mayor: 'Testing, Testing, Testing'
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including his call for all New Yorkers to get tested for COVID-19.
Tracking Trump's Virus
Stephen Morse, virologist and epidemiologist at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, explains what we know about how the president contracted COVID-19 and the latest on treatment and prevention.
The President's Positive (COVID) Test
Annie Karni, White House correspondent for The New York Times, MSNBC and NBC News contributor, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. Karni reports on how this news will affect the White House and the elect
30 Issues: Legal Immigration
Julia Preston, contributing writer for The Marshall Project, talks about the Trump Administration's attempts to curb legal immigration by way of scaling back programs for asylum and refugee resettlement, and how a potential Biden presidency would affect
What Nursing Homes Have Learned From Historic Tragedy
Richard Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, discusses the effect of COVID-19 on nursing homes in our region and the steps taken to prepare for a new wave of infection.
Is NYC's Second Wave on the Horizon?
New York City's daily rate of positive tests rose above 3 percent this week, the highest it's been in months, before falling back down to under 1% Wednesday. Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for Gothamist, and Irwin Redlener, professor of pediatrics and dire
Ballot Problems in Brooklyn
WNYC City Hall and politics reporter Brigid Bergin talks about the news that thousands of voters in Brooklyn received ballots in the mail with the wrong voter's name on the inside envelope, including what the Board of Elections plans to do to fix the pro