Friday Morning National and Local Politics; Vaccines for Kids; Halloween Plans

On today's show:

• Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021), talks about the "framework" introduced by Pres. Biden and the attempts to forge a compromise in Congress.
• Judith Flores, pediatrician, fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics, past chief of ambulatory care at several NYC Health and Hospitals in Brooklyn, and currently working on vaccine engagement as part of NYC Test and Trace Corps, discusses news about the imminent authorization and distribution of COVID vaccines to children ages 5-11 and answers parents' questions about what to expect.
• Listeners call-in with their COVID-safe Halloween plans and on-the-news costume ideas.
• Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), talks about today's deadline for police, fire and sanitation workers to get vaccinated or face going on unpaid leave.

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