CNN’s Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the health of the economy and the latest stock market news
Charlie Pierce (Idiot America, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the news of the day
Jennifer Palmeri, President of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the National Clean Energy Summit
Almost a dozen New England towns were rendered virtual islands in the wake of Hurricane Irene Monday as floodwaters reshaped parts of Vermont and upstate New York, turning placid rivers into raging torrents and some streets into treacherous mud bogs. Hundreds of roads remained closed, dozens of bridges were gone.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry offered the broad outlines of his foreign policy philosophy at an annual gathering of veterans Monday, telling attendees that he opposes “military adventurism” while also advocating for “taking the fight to the enemy” and decrying indecision by “multi-lateral debating societies” at times of international crisis.
Rick Perry now leads in a new CNN/Opinion Research poll 32%-18% over Mitt Romney. Rep. Michele Bachmann is third with 12%. No one else cracks double digits. Newt Gingrich pulls in 7%, Rep. Ron Paul 6%, Herman Cain 3%, Gary Johnson 2%, Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, and Thaddeus McCotter all at 1%.
