Comedian John Fugelsang calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the news of the day and to promote his filling in for us next week
Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of National Nurses United, calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about her call on Wall Street to help heal America.
Ari Berman (The Nation, “Herding Donkeys”) calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about his new Rolling Stone article about the GOP’s War on Voting
Hundreds of people evacuated in northern New Jersey on Tuesday as flooding continued nearly three days after Hurricane Irene tore through, and one town was told it would be swamped for up to a week.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has less than $800 million in its disaster coffers. A debate over whether to cut spending elsewhere in the federal budget to pay for tornado and hurricane aid seems likely to delay legislation to provide the billions of dollars needed to replenish FEMA’s disaster aid in the upcoming budget year.
Dick Cheney was “president for all practical purposes” during George W. Bush’s first term in office and “fears being tried as a war criminal,” according to Colin Powell’s chief of staff during his time as secretary of state.
Since the rebel takeover of Tripoli, evidence has been mounting that Moammar Gadhafi may have lied about the death of his adopted baby daughter Hana in a 1986 U.S. airstrike.
