Show Notes for Friday, May 24, 2013

Posted on May 24, 2013 • 0 Comments

Fugelsang2• Sexy Liberal John Fugelsang joins us in the New York Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Fridays With Fugelsang

• In a major address Thursday President Obama sought to reframe the nation’s counterterrorism strategy, saying, “Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. But this war, like all wars, must end. That’s what history advises. That’s what our democracy demands.”

• The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to end its controversial policy banning gay kids and teens from joining one of the nation’s most popular youth organizations, ditching membership guidelines that had roiled the group in recent years.

• Three people were rescued from water after a bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, plunging cars into Skagit River below, according to Washington State Patrol.

• Jurors in the high-profile Jodi Arias trial on Thursday failed to reach an agreement over whether she should receive the death penalty for killing her ex-boyfriend. A new jury will be impaneled on July 18th unless the prosecutor decided to no longer seek the death penalty.

• The decimated city of Moore, Okla., will hold a public memorial service Sunday evening, six days after a tornado killed 24 people, injured 377 and destroyed hundreds of homes.

Retired FBI agent on the pressure cooker and the victories of law enforcement

Posted on April 17, 2013

Stephanie Miller gets an inside look into the process of terror investigations from retired FBI agent Chris Kerr. He tells Stephanie that he’s surprised this kind of attack didn’t happen sooner after 9/11 and that it shows the “victories of various law enforcement agencies.” Stephanie asks if the pressure cooker implies anything. Kerr responds that it’s tempting to say it’s “a lone wolf or an unsophisticated group of people,” but a sophisticated group could have used this device to “throw investigators off the trail.”

http://current.com/shows/talking-liberally/videos/retired-fbi-agent-on-whats-next-for-boston/

Stephanie tackles the issue of gun control with NRA member

Posted on April 15, 2013

Stephanie Miller listens to what caller Tim from Illinois, who is an NRA member, has to say about the issue of gun control. Tim doesn’t like that “gun ‘control’ has been changed into gun ‘safety legislation,’” and he compares this with putting lipstick on a pig, saying, “It’s still gun control.” Stephanie tells him that “nobody wants to take away all the guns,” but Tim says he knows anti-gun people who want to ban all guns. The two do agree on one thing — even Tim acknowledges that there are some sensible regulations.

http://current.com/shows/talking-liberally/videos/stephanie-miller-tackles-issue-of-gun-control-with-nra-member/