Afghanistan Exit; Performance Venues Report; Preventing Pandemics; West Farms and Green Spaces

On today's show:

• President Biden announced he will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by or before September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, talks about how world leaders and national security experts are reacting to the news. Plus, a look at cyberattacks in Iran and Biden's nomination of Christine Wormuth to be the next secretary of the Army -- she would be the first woman to serve in that role if confirmed by the Senate.
• Julie Kim, co-owner of Littlefield, a performance and arts space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Michael Dorf, founder and CEO of City Winery, and John Abbamondi, CEO of BSE Global, the parent company of the National Basketball Association’s Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, talk about how reopening their venues has been going, what COVID safety precautions they are taking and more on what it's like reopening amidst the ongoing pandemic.
• Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and the author of Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021), answers questions about Covid-19 vaccines and argues for science and not forgetting the pandemic is global in scope.
• Nilka Martell, founder and director of the community-based non-profit organization Loving the Bronx, and Peter Muennig, professor in the department of Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, wrap up the West Farms 10460 series with a discussion about a proposal to cap portions of the Cross-Bronx Expressway in favor of new green spaces and housing.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.