• Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Theresa Barrett from WCPT-AM in Chicago calls in at 7:05am Pacific to tell us about the atmosphere at the Olympics announcement at Daley Plaza in Chicago.
• Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Comedian John Fugelsang joins us via ISDN from our New York City bureau to talk about all things politics and pop culture.
• In a hometown pitch for the world’s biggest sporting event, President Obama yesterday lobbied Olympic leaders to give the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago, saying the U.S. “is ready and eager to assume that sacred trust.”
• Dems worked to smooth the impact of sweeping health care legislation on working-class families yesterday as they pushed President Obama’s top domestic priority toward a crucial Senate advance. GOP-ers are worried of a potential backlash against the penalty for people who decline to buy insurance.
• A CBS News employee is under arrest for trying to extort $2 Million from David Letterman, forcing the late night host to admit in an extraordinary monologue before millions of viewers last night that he had sexual relationships with female employees. The person who was arrested works on the CBS show “48 Hours” and has been suspended.
