• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about last night’s State of the Union
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the State of the Union, and about increasing mental health funding
• Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about last night’s State of the Union
• David Shuster of Current TV and WeActRadio.com calls in at 10:45am ET / 7:45am PT to go over last night’s State of the Union
• Sexy Liberal Hal Sparks joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for an hour of Humpdays With Hal
• In his first State of the Union address since being reelected last November, Obama made an emotional plea for new gun safety measures, saying the victims of gun violence “deserve a vote” on legislation to ban assault weapons and large ammunition magazines. He also urged Congress to prevent the looming sequester.
• Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) outlined a personal and direct rebuttal to key parts of Obama’s speech, criticizing Obama’s call for higher taxes and increased federal spending, but was overshadowed by an awkward sip of water.
• Investigators have located charred human remains in the burned out cabin where they believe suspected cop killer and ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner was holed up as the structure burned to the ground, police said.
