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The Brian Lehrer Show / November 09, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, November 09, 2006
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  • The sun rises over the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. The House and Senate have met here for two centuries. (Getty Images)
    The sun rises over the Capitol building in DC. The House and Senate have met here for two centuries. (Getty Images)

    Changing the Guard

    Who gets the power? Committee chairmanships will shift as Congress changes hands and we’ll look at which Republicans are losing them and which Democrats are taking over and what that means. Also, Jack Murtha or Steny Hoyer: who’d make a better majority leader?

Majority Rules

Anthony Weiner, U.S. Congressman (D-NY 9)
- what life will be like being in the majority party

Opening the Gates

Fred Kaplan, writes the "War Stories" column for Slate
- analyzes the changes that may occur in the military under the new Secretary of Defense

Kaplan's article on the changing of the guard in the Pentagon

Post-Opt

Kate Zernike, Washington bureau correspondent at the New York Times
- parses the post-election numbers and the impact of the change in control of the House

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Rocky Road Ahead

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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.

Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.

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Tweet If You Use Twitter

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.

What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

Don't Say That, Literally

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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")

What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!

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From Denmark with Love

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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.

Judge Sotomayor

Squatting, Then and Now

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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.