Russian Meddling; NYC Acting Globally; After Helsinki; Blindspotting
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 17, 2018
Coming up on today's show:
- Ari Melber, MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent and the host of "The Beat with Ari Melber", discusses the details of special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of twelve Russian intelligence officers, accusing them of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election, and President Trump’s continued skepticism;
- Penny Abeywardena, New York City's Commissioner for International Affairs, talks about New York City's own local review of U.N. sustainability goals and the need for cities like New York to take the lead on global issues when their national governments won’t;
- Heather Hurlburt, New York Magazine Daily Intelligencer columnist, director of New America's New Models of Policy Change initiative, discusses the takeaways of the Helsinki meeting between Trump and Putin;
- Daveed Diggs, actor, Hamilton star, and producer, co-writer, and co-star of "Blindspotting," and his friend, co-writer and co-star, rapper Rafael Casal, talk about their new movie which follows the final three days of an Oakland man's probation and deals with friendship, gentrification, and the intersection of race and class.
