Today On The Thom Hartmann Show

Topic: Whistleblower Iris Mack is with Thom today – Harvard Derivatives Whiz Fired For Emailing Larry Summers About “Frightening” Trades

Topic: “Mexican Drug War + More Gun Control = Solution?” Thom debates Erich Pratt of Gun Owners of America www.gunowners.org

Topic: “News Under the Radar” Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress joins Thom www.americanprogress.org

This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 6:30am to talk about his recent article, “Glenn Beck and the Rise of Fox News’ Militia Media.”

Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow at The Center for American Progress and former Assistant Secretary of Defense, calls in at 7:05am to discuss Obama’s foreign policy and how it relates to Iran.

A U.S. warship arrived before dawn today near a 28-foot lifeboat holding four pirates and the kidnapped captain of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship. Also nearby was the Maersk Alabama – which had been seized early yesterday off the Horn of Africa. All 20 of its remaining crew members are in good physical shape.

Fresh off a trip to Cuba that included a visit with both Fidel and Raul Castro, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are lobbying President Obama to lift the nation’s longstanding Cuba embargo, and open up lines of communication with the Castros.

Vice President Joe Biden marked the return of the 18th Airborne Corps from Iraq at Fort Bragg, NC yesterday and told they troops that they left behind a country where “violence is being replaced by progress.”

President Obama returned to Washington, D.C. in the early hours of yesterday morning, bringing his lengthy debut on the world stage – including his first stop in a war zone as commander in chief – to a close. Aides say he brought home achievements both large and small, evidence of the benefits of the extended travel.