Reading Mayor Adam's 'Blueprint to End Gun Violence'; Chances of Still Mitigating Climate Change; Ukraine-Russia Border Crisis Updates

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 17, 2022

On today's show:

  • A week after assigning listeners to read Mayor Adams's new public safety agenda, Anthonine Pierre, leader of Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) and the executive director of the Brooklyn Movement Center; Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City and a former Manhattan prosecutor; and Elise White, deputy research director at the Center for Court Innovation, discuss the City's Blueprint to End Gun Violence and take your calls.
  • Mark Hertsgaard, executive director of Covering Climate Now and environment correspondent of The Nation, discusses how certain aggressive public policies, if enacted right away, could help mitigate some of the most extreme climate disasters.
  • Anton Troianovski, Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times, and Robin Wright, contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker, join with the latest updates on the Ukraine-Russia border crisis.

 

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