Today On The Ed Schultz Show

John Thomas, of Webasto, joins the 1st hour of Today’s show to discuss solutions for the transportation industry and cleaner future.

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-PA, is switching to run as a Democrat. We’ll talk about it.

Negotiators have agreed to a $3.5 trillion budget for the President. We’ll give you the details.

United Auto Workers could end up owning 55% of Chrysler. We’ll bring you the story.

Fox will not air President Obama’s press conference during prime time. We’ll talk about it.

Today On The Thom Hartmann Show

Topic: “Torture and Democracy” Dr. Darius Rejali, nationally recognized expert on torture and interrogation, joins Thom for an indepth discussion www.reed.edu

Topic: “Obama’s foreign policy…back to the future?” Thom confronts conservative columnist Michael Barone www.realclearpolitics.com

Topic: “Worse than Watergate” John Dean, former White House Counsel under Nixon, joins Thom to discuss the Bush torture memos and prosecution for those involved www.findlaw.com

This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

Mary Tyler Moore calls in at 6:06am to talk about her new book, “Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes.”

Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am to talk about the economy.

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 7:30am to talk about the torture memo debate.

The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert level yesterday in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico. The number of cases confirmed by health officials worldwide totaled 82, most of them in the U.S. and Mexico, but hundreds more cases are under examination and Mexico has said 149 deaths may have resulted. The virus has now been confirmed to have spread to Asia and the Middle East.

Morning debate and an afternoon vote are scheduled in the Senate today to confirm Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services, giving the agency a leader in the midst of the swine flu outbreak. She is expected to get the 60 votes needed, though perhaps with little margin to spare.

House and Senate Dems reached an agreement late last night on a budget resolution for 2010, which includes key spending priorities for the young Obama administration. The agreement came as lawmakers were reconciling the House and Senate versions of the budget package. The House and Senate will likely vote on it this week.