Scott blakeman will be on to give the liberal jewish perspective on the israel palestine palestinian situation. Now to Lisa Ferguson for a current news update. Good morning, everyone. After a very busy visit abroad president obama has a pretty busy day ahead of him. The white house invited everyone to vote on these two turkeys, cobbler and gobbler on facebook to judge your favorite but while they make look the same they are very different. Cobbler likes cranberries, and gobbler likes corn. No matter which turkey gets the most votes both get to retire happily at mount vernon. Pita is saying this makes light of the slaughter of the 46 million birds during this holiday. This white house tradition has more than a century and a half history behind it. But pita says it is belittling for the turkeys, and doesnt cake their feelings into account. And we do have some serious news going on today. Hillary clinton is in the middle east working to deescalate the violence between israel and hamas. Th
Merica did not elect anyone to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of fame. This despite the fact that to of the best players of the last 30 years were on the ballot. Roger clemens and barry bonds. A seventime mvp, the only player in Major League History to hit over 500 home runs, bonds is the alltime least leader with 762. But his connection with the infamous balco lab and subsequent conviction on obstruction of justice led he many to believe that he had used performanceenhancing drugs. Like bonds Roger Clemens has a well documented cloud hanging over his career. After his former trainer claimed he injected clemens with steroids. With the suspicion of drug use of clemens and bond looming in the mind of baseball writers they received less than half of the votes needed to be elected to the hall of fame. Lets bring in Sports Editor for the nation and host of edge of the sports radio dave zirin and columnist for mlb. Com richard justice. Gentlemen, its a pleasure to have such esteemed writ
Nixon, who probably had dirt on both of them. This is viewpoint. [ theme music ] john good evening, im john fugelsang. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. President obamas second term could be more ambitious than his first when he had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression to manage, two foreign wars to wind down and the largest social insurance expansion since medicaid pushed through congress. The newtown connecticut massacre that claimed 28 lives last month has put gun control on top of the white house and the Vice President joe biden said that they were not going to stop there. There are executive orders and executive action that can be taken, we havent decided what that is yet. But were compiling it with all the help of the attorney general and the rest of the cabinet members as well as as legislative actions that we believe is required. President obama has also promised to make Immigration Reform a ton priority. While the National Climatic centers annou
262nd birthday of Benedict Arnold who betrayed his country hundreds of years before the nra made it look patriotic. [ music ] john good evening im john fugelsang. This is viewpoint. Thank you for spending your evening with us. Parents who lost children at the Sandy Hook School reached out today. They found a new group, Sandy Hook Promise and say they want to promote a nationwide conversation about memory health, School Safety and gun responsibility, and theyve made some promises including this one in their new web ad. This is a promise. To have conversation on all the issues. Conversations where were listening. Conversations with those with the most opposing views. Can debate in good will. It will turn those conversations into actions. Cenk and americans appear to be more than ready for that. According to a New Washington post abc news poll 52 of adults say the newtown shooting made them more likely to support new gun control laws, including three measures which are said to be on Vice
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