The Brian Lehrer Show

Matt Viser, staff writer at The Atlantic, talks about the Democrats' plans for congressional investigations in the upcoming term, as well as Pres. Trump's response.
Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump shouts back a response to the media on the South Lawn of the White House after landing aboard Marine One on November 08, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump was returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. (Tasos Katopodis via Getty Images)





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Lena H. Sun, national health reporter for at The Washington Post, talks about the record number of doctors, nurses and scientists heading to Congress come January, and what their presence might mean for national policy around health and science.
Photo: Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews delivers her victory speech at her Election Night party in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)


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Alister Martin, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, answers questions from New Yorkers related to respiratory virus season and offers recommendations on this year's flu and COVID shots, plus talks about the changes coming for Medicaid recipients and what the Health Department is doing to help.
Photo: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani looks on after receiving a flu shot at the Fort Greene Immunization Clinic in New York City on October 2, 2026. (Ryan MURPHY / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

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Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post columnist and the author of several books, most recently, Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), talks about the "blue wave" and what it means for the two parties and democracy and offers a preview of his upcoming debate on the topic of whether "liberalism" has failed.
=> Fareed Zakaria will participate in the New York debut of the Munk Debates at 92NY on Thursday, November 12. Ticket information here: https://www.92ny.org/event/america-s-liberal-reckoning

Photo: Fareed Zakaria speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025 in New York City. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME via Getty Images)

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Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC and Gothamist newsroom and Clayton Guse, WNYC/Gothamist editor on the transit and infrastructure desk discuss the latest in transit news and preview "On the Way," a new WNYC show about all things transit, and an live event featuring an interview with MTA chair Janno Lieber.
Photo: Interior of a New York City subway train is seen in New York City, United States, on August 5, 2026. (Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images)



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