Get ready for congestion pricing.  New York City is set to become the first big city in the country to charge vehicles a fee for driving on its most congested streets in a hope to ease gridlock and raise money for public transit. It’s a complicated issue in a high profile area and other cities will be watching as they mull over implementing similar systems. Paul Berger, reporter for the WSJ, joins us to discuss what we know about the NY Plan. 

Next, we have a White House whistle-blower and she is calling out the process in which security clearances were being approved. Tricia Newbold, a White House security adviser for 18 years, has said the at least 25 officials were granted clearances after initially being denied. Some of disqualifying issues involved foreign influence, conflicts of interest, financial problems and more. Andrew Desiderio, reporter for Politico, joins us to talk about the latest whistle-blower allegations.

Finally, the Impossible is happening… at Burger King.  59 locations in the St. Louis area are testing out the Impossible Whopper, made with a vegan patty produced by start-up Impossible Foods. If all goes well, Burger King plans to roll out the plant-based burger to all of its 7,200 locations. Jon Porter, reporter at the Verge, joins us to discuss Burger King’s latest offering. 

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