Rep. Meeks; COVID Latest; Prenatal Testing & Who Is Born; Community Well-Being

Coming up on today's show: 

• Gregory Meeks, U.S. Representative (NY-5), discusses the latest talks on the next coronavirus relief bill, plus talks about his new role as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
• Wafaa El-Sadr, university professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University, the director of ICAP at Columbia University, and director of the Global Health Initiative at the Mailman School of Public Health, talks about the latest COVID surge, including how New York City is fighting the second wave, how people should be changing their behavior and the latest on the vaccine distribution.
• Sarah Zhang, staff writer for The Atlantic, talks about the rapidly evolving state of prenatal testing, and the impact it is already having on the number of children born with special needs and vulnerabilities.
• Rhonda Roland Shearer, founder of Art Science Research Laboratory (ASRL), a New York based, not-for-profit organization, talks about her decision to borrow more than $600,000 on a home equity line of credit to buy wholesale personal protective equipment for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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