Me, too. Today, i hope stephanie gets here. Until then, i want to tell you we have the rude pundit coming up this hour. As we do every monday and weve got some great stuff for you. But in the meantime, we do have Jacki Schechner giving us all of the news from the current news center. Take it away, jacki. Happy monday. Not a ton of stuff going on, especially in washington. Everyone is on vacation. President obama is now in Marthas Vineyard though hell be getting daily briefings from senior aides and he will spend some time, of course, preparing for whats likely to be a busy falling, dealing with among other things Immigration Reform and the federal budget. While our president is now playing golf and relaxing a bit. Enjoying downtime, the norwegian Prime Minister has been taking on a second job. Well, sort of. Let me explain. He went undercover as a taxi driver in oslo during june because he wanted to hear what real people had to say. His exchanges with cab riders were caught on hidden c
[ theme music ] ben, you know you see a lot of movies. You speak about them eloquently. Rarely are you moved. This is profoundly effecting me. There are so many documentary. Now i cant root for searching for sugarman. Great work on the movies. John fugelsang and viewpoint next. John today democrats and republicans awoke to a world where Sylvester Stallone is to the left of harry reid on assault weapons. And many believe that the protection means protect protecting consumers were bankers. And millions of viewers tuned in to watch beyonce sing at the super bowl. This is the birthday of rosa parks, george romero, dan quayle, and George Washington was elected president by the electoral college. It was unanimous which meant that george was never forced to produce a photo of him skeet shooting. This is viewpoint. [ music ] good john good evening im John Fugelsang coming up, Senate Republicans show their love for the finance industry by working to weaken Consumer Financial reform. But first,
Courtney love, jodi arias and o. J. Simpson. Hard to believe only two of those people are in jail. Today is the first full day of ramadan which im sure will lead to many bill oreilly rants about the war on ramadan. This is viewpoint. John good evening, im john fuglesang. This is viewpoint. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. American president s who have won second terms often focus on Foreign Policy, not least because it is one area where they can really polish their legacies without too much interference especially from congress. But president barack obama is getting plenty of Foreign Policy pushback this week. In egypt Muslim Brotherhood protestors are demanding the army reverse itself and return morsi to office. The militarybacked interim government responded by announcing a sixmonth timetable to new elections and appointed a temporary prime minister. Now, egypt gets around 1. 5 billion a year in u. S. Aid which, by law is supposed to be cut off if theres a military coup. Sen
I was in a hotel room in chicago and found current on the television there. Little surreal to be watching the show from that arena, not actually on it and watching you guys try to fill the top of the hour. Stephanie wasnt that something . Thanks a lot, jacki. A little scrambling. Did i wave back at the screen as if you guys could see me. Stephanie that was sweet. We were perving out on you long distance. You should have seen me though. As i was watching, in my pajamas. Stephanie in bed, jim. Here she is, Jacki Schechner back in the current news center. Good to be back. Good morning, everybody. President obama and Hillary Clinton are having lunch together at the white house today. No word on what the two plan to talk about or why exactly theyre having lunch. The former secretary of state has been basically giving speeches making money doing that since she left government in february. And even though both the pro clinton ready for hillary pac and the anticlinton stop hillary pac are alre
Late jerry garcia, also the birthday of my favorite rapper, public enemy leader chuck d and coolio is 50. How did that happen . I mention the Musical Artists today because mtv has a birthday they launched on this date in 1981 when the letters in their logo stood for Music Television. They dropped the words Music Television in 2010 proving once and for all that mtv now stands for nothing. This is viewpoint. John good evening, friends, im john fuglesang. This is viewpoint. White house officials and democrats in both houses screamed from the rooftops about how bad sequestration would be. After the g. O. P. Rammed it through both houses and john boehner boasted he got 98 of what he wanted, republicans said and im paraphrasing here, eh. Well, that was then. This is now. Republican senator Lindsey Graham was clear when he talked about the sequesters impact on defense spending. Guys, i can hear this very well throughout the response from this mornings Senate Appropriations committee. Can we p