While in Asia Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced new sanctions on North Korea in response to the North’s alleged sinking of a South Korean warship earlier this year. We’ll be in conversation with Christine Ahn of the Korean Policy Institute. Then Chair of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke continued testifying on Capitol Hill this … Continued
In conversation with Damon Silvers who serves on the Congressional Oversight Panel that was formed in the midst of the panic to conduct overview of the financial markets. The subject is the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 that Pres. Obama signed into law.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approves the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. We’ll hear excerpts from the debate. Then we’ll be joined by Carolyn Lochhead of the SF Chronicle to find out the very latest on other agenda items on Capitol Hill including the war supplemental request, unemployment benefits and the soon to … Continued
What’s next on the legislative agenda with John Nichols of the Nation Magazine and Arthur Delaney of the Huffington Post. Conversation on the nation’s energy system with Severin Boronstein of UC Berkeley. Excerpt of interview w/ Lynne Stewart about her case and then reaction from Marjorie Cohn about Stewart getting a 10 year jail sentence.
Today we continue our look at the governments response to the recession with Professor Richard Walker of UC Berkeley. He is currently comparing to stimulus package to the New Deal of the Great Depression. Then we’ll be in conversation with Curtis Roosevelt…he grew up in the White House when his grandfather, FDR, was President.
Are we headed towards a “double dip recession” as the stimulus package begins to run dry? Guests: Sylvia Allegretto, labor economist at UC Berkeley Jean Ross, California Budget Project Ryan Grim, Capitol Hill correspondent with the Huffington Post.
