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• CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta calls in at 7:06am Pacific to talk about his new special, “CNN Presents: Addiction: Life On The Edge.”
• Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to discuss President Obama’s trip to Mexico and the need for immigration reform.
• Fran Drescher calls in at 8:30am Pacific to discuss her charity work, especially with “Cancer Schmancer,” her cancer organization.
• Interrogation tactics such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and slapping did not violate laws against torture when there was no intent to cause severe pain, according to a Bush-era memo on the tactics released yesterday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called the list of specific approved tactics “chilling.”
• Reviving a ban on assault weapons and more strictly enforcing existing gun laws could help tamp down on drug violence that has run rampant on the U.S.-Mexican border, President Obama said alongside Mexican president Felipe Calderon in Mexico City yesterday.
• President Obama unveiled his administration’s blueprint for a new national network of high-speed passenger rail lines yesterday, saying such an investment is necessary to reduce traffic congestion, cut dependence on foreign oil, and improve the environment.
