scheduled for may. new york city mayor eric adams is apologizing for using a racial slur against white nypd officers in 209. >> definitely apologize. inappropriate comments. should not have been used. i apologize to new yorkers because they should expect more from me, and that was inappropriate. lawrence: adams claims he was asked a question at an event by someone who used the racial slur, and he responded quoting the term. now to this spotify plan to remove about 70 episodes of joe rogan's podcast from his platform. it's not the first time spotify has cleaned out episodes of jo rogan's -- joe rogan's experience. it's unclear if the removal is related to the recent covid controversy. and those are your headlines. coming up, european swimmers are making waves and not just in the arena. their new fight to keep their transgender teammate sidelined, that's next. ♪ if.