• Mary Tyler Moore calls in at 6:06am Pacific to talk about her new book, “Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes.”
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the economy.
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the torture memo debate.
• The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert level yesterday in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico. The number of cases confirmed by health officials worldwide totaled 82, most of them in the U.S. and Mexico, but hundreds more cases are under examination and Mexico has said 149 deaths may have resulted. The virus has now been confirmed to have spread to Asia and the Middle East.
• Morning debate and an afternoon vote are scheduled in the Senate today to confirm Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services, giving the agency a leader in the midst of the swine flu outbreak. She is expected to get the 60 votes needed, though perhaps with little margin to spare.
• House and Senate Dems reached an agreement late last night on a budget resolution for 2010, which includes key spending priorities for the young Obama administration. The agreement came as lawmakers were reconciling the House and Senate versions of the budget package. The House and Senate will likely vote on it this week.
