• David Shuster, MSNBC’s dayside anchor and regular substitute for “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Iran and health care reform.

• Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President for Communications at the Center for American Progress, calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care and Iran.

• Lead Franken attorney Marc Elias calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the latest in the Franken / Coleman senate recount.

• Iran’s election authority has rejected claims of voting irregularities by a defeated presidential candidate, while acknowledging that the number of ballots cast in dozens of cities exceeded the number of eligible voters there, state-run TV reported today. Earlier yesterday, thousands of riot police and militia lined Tehran’s streets as the public rift among Iranian leaders appeared to be widening.

• Several senior Dem advisers to the White House are urging President Obama to further step up his personal involvement in the health care debate, as administration allies privately warn the president’s push for a major reform bill is hitting major roadblocks at a critical juncture on Capitol Hill.

• President Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill today that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.