Posts Tagged ‘Bill Clinton’
LiveBlog for Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Veterans’ Day, health care reform, the economy, and his run for Senate.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays With Hal.”
• Former President Bill Clinton told anxious Senate Dems yesterday to pass a health care bill soon because the U.S. economy can’t resist the toxic combination of exorbitant medical costs and nearly 50 million uninsured for much longer.
• Caution returned to the stock market yesterday as investors decided to slow an advance that has lifted the Dow Jones industrial average 475 points in five days. Stocks fell in light trading, though the Dow tacked on 20 points to close at a new high for the year.
• A senior government official tells ABC News that investigators have found that alleged Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan had “more unexplained connections to people being tracked by the FBI” than just radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. Names and countries of origin are likely to emerge soon, according to officials.
Tags: Anwar al Awlaki, Bill Clinton, Dow Jones, Ft. Hood, Hal Sparks, Health Care Reform, Joe Sestak, Karl Frisch, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, Maxine Waters, Media Matters for America
Posted in liveblog | 325 Comments »
LiveBlog for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
• Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, and the NFL.
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) calls in at 6:45am Pacific to talk about GOP obstructionism with the health care reform bill.
• Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) calls in at 6:50am Pacific to talk about her new book, “What Would Susie Say?”
• Humorist Charlie Pierce (author of “Idiot America”)calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, and other news of the day.
• Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• Former President Bill Clinton is expected to speak to Senate Democrats today about the importance of health care legislation during their weekly caucus. President Obama wants to sign the legislation into law by the end of the year, but abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the bill.
• Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Ft. Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an “assessment” of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. After the shooting, the FBI is doing a new assessment – of its own conduct. President Obama, meanwhile, will attend a memorial service for the victims today at Ft. Hood.
• D.C. Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed today for the attacks that terrorized the nation’s capital region for three weeks in 2002.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Charlie Pierce, Debbie Stabenow, Ft. Hood, Health Care Reform, John Allen Muhammad, Linda Sanchez, Nidal Hasan, Robert Andrews, Susie Essman
Posted in liveblog | 241 Comments »
LiveBlog for Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
• Jennifer Palmieri of the Center for American Progress calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform
• Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform, and the national call-in with President Obama today.
• Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific to talk about all things politics and pop culture.
• Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the lead GOP senator in bipartisan health care negotiations, said yesterday that he urged President Obama this month to make clear he would accept a bill without a government-funded public insurance option. A White House spokesman yesterday expressed doubt that Grassley’s plea to Obama had any impact on weekend comments by Kathleen Sebelius that a public option is “not an essential element” of health care reform.
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that information her husband brought back from North Korea has been “extremely helpful” by providing a window into what’s happening in the reclusive country.
• Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season, strengthened into a Category 3 storm yesterday with top winds near 125mph. It looks likely to miss the U.S. East Coast.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Center for American Progress, Chuck Grassley, Eric Massa, Hal Sparks, Hillary Clinton, Hurricane Bill, Jennifer Palmieri, Jim Wallis, Kathleen Sebelius, Sojourners
Posted in liveblog | 285 Comments »
LiveBlog for Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
• Gen. Anthony Zinni calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about his new book, “Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom.”
• Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today expressed happiness and relief at the release of two journalists, on whose behalf her husband, former President Bill Clinton, sought amnesty from North Korea. North Korea pardoned Laura Ling and Euna Lee after the former US president arrived in Pyongyang.
• After a “pep talk” from President Obama, Senate Dems said yesterday they believe Congress will pass a bipartisan health care bill this year. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) now says the Dem senators are ready to “take on the world.”
• Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top US commander in Afghanistan, is expected to ask the Obama administration for additional troops and equipment for conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, as well as more military resources to deal with roadside bombs and explosives.
• Paula Abdul announced yesterday that she will not be returning to American Idol when the show debuts its ninth season early next year.
Tags: Anthony Zinni, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Eliot Engel, Euna Lee, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, John Sarbanes, Laura Ling, Paula Abdul, Stanley McChrystal
Posted in liveblog | 443 Comments »
LiveBlog for Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Gerald McEntee calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about their grassroots effort to get health care reform passed.
• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific to talk about all things politics and pop culture.
• The White House shot down concerns yesterday that middle-class families may face a tax increase in order to combat rising deficits and a struggling economy. The concern came after the Obama administration’s two top money men floated the idea that tax increases to fund the nation’s economic recovery could extend into the middle class.
• Frustrated with the pace of bipartisan talks, Dem leaders yesterday promised to push a sweeping health care bill through the Senate whether they get GOP support or not.
• Former President Bill Clinton made an unannounced visit to North Korea this morning on a trip seen as a mission to win the release of two jailed American reporters and to ease tensions over Pyongyang’s recent nuclear defiance.
Tags: AFSCME, Allyson Schwartz, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Gerald McEntee, Hal Sparks, Health Care Reform, Joe Courtney, Larry Summers, Tim Geithner
Posted in liveblog | 459 Comments »
LiveBlog for Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday, February 13th, 2009
XM Satellite Radio is now carrying all three hours of The Stephanie Miller Show live from 9am to Noon Eastern!!! Now, even if your city or town doesn’t have a Steph affiliate, you can hear her wherever you go. Be sure to check it out on America Left XM167!
Bark Park Song can be downloaded here!
• Frances Callier & Angela V. Shelton (Frangela) join us in studio at 7:30am Pacific for another edition of Fridays With Frangela!!!
• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to tell us about the progress being made in passing President Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
• The Senate plans to vote on the $789 billion compromise stimulus late tonight after an all-day debate, Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday from the chamber floor. The House, which had planned to vote on the package yesterday, delayed it until today after many rank-and-file Dems who were unhappy with some spending cuts demanded time to read the compromise measure.
• Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination as President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary yesterday, citing “irresolvable conflicts” over the administration’s stimulus bill and the upcoming 2010 census. He’s the second nominee to withdraw from consideration for the post after Bill Richardson withdrew in January.
• The Senate last night confirmed Leon Panetta as CIA director by unanimous consent. Panetta, who served as President Clinton’s chief of staff, now becomes the oldest person to head the spy agency at 70.
• A Continental Airlines plane crashed into a home near Buffalo, NY late last night, killing 44 passengers and 4 crew members. One person in the home was also killed.
Tags: Angela V. Shelton, Bill Clinton, Bill Richardson, Frances Callier, Frangela, Harry Reid, Judd Gregg, Leon Panetta, Steny Hoyer
Posted in liveblog | 617 Comments »
<