Guns & Chritianity & More Set for Tonight's MetroFocus on THIRTEEN

The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.

The episodes description for tonight, Monday, May 9 follow below. Please note episode descriptions are subject to change. Please visit metrofocus.org for the latest information.

MetroFocus #1118
Monday, May 9 at 5:00 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN

"Democracy Was Broken Before Trump" - Kurt Eichenwald, a senior writer for
Newsweek, stops by to explain his article "American Democracy Was Broken Before Trump." How does he view the quality of American democracy and the 2016 Presidential election? We'll find out tonight.

NYC Comptroller Probes Board of Elections - There was outrage and anger in Brooklyn last month when many New Yorkers showed up to the polls for the April 19 primaries and found out they couldn't vote. Officials say over 125,000 voters were mysteriously removed from the rolls, leading New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer to launch an audit of the city's Board of Elections. He joins us tonight with the latest on his investigation.

Pro-Gun = Pro-Christianity? - Guns and Christianity. For some in America, the two are inextricably linked. Yet is it possible to be pro-gun and pro-life? In her new documentary,
The Armor of Light, filmmaker Abigail Disney follows the story of a reverend as he struggles to piece together how guns should fit into his ministry, and how they already do. She joins us to discuss the relationship between the church and guns, and how this documentary challenges those ideas

Strange Partnerships - Survival in the ANIMAL kingdom may just depend on making friends. Many animals, from the largest to the smallest, often bond with the most unexpected collaborators to succeed in the wild. Executive Producer of PBS Nature, Fred Kaufman, stops by to discuss the new film Nature's Perfect Partners, which premieres on May 11th and follows the bond between some of the most unexpected pairs in the ANIMAL kingdom.

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