Monday Morning Politics; The FDA Takes on E-Cigarettes; Gov. Cuomo Talks Amazon, State Senate Priorities; Russian Interference in 2016; The New Green Book

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 19, 2018

Coming up on today's show:

  • Tamara Keith, NPR White House correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast, talks about the latest in national politics.
  • The FDA recently announced rules limiting sales of flavored e- cigarettes to adults, and the predictably well-funded industry fought back immediately. Kevin O’Flaherty, director of advocacy — Northeast region for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and Linda Rosenthal, New York State Assemblymember (D/WF 67, representing Upper West Side and parts of Hell's Kitchen), talk about the rules, the industry and whether the FDA is going far enough to protect teens from becoming addicted.
  • Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York (D), calls in to talk about the state's deal to bring Amazon to Queens, the legislative agenda in the State Senate (since it will soon be controlled by Democrats) and more.
  • Greg Miller, national security reporter for the Washington Post and the author of The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy (Custom House, 2018), lays out the full scope of Russia's attempt to undermine U.S. democracy in the 2016 election.
  • Rhonda Colvin, Washington Post video planning editor and writer, examines the travel concerns of African Americans in the United States today, and how they evoke the Green Book of the Jim Crow era.

 

 

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