This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

Howard Kurtz, media columnist for “The Washington Post,” calls in at 6:05am to talk about his latest column, “Armchair Quarterbacks.”

Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) calls in at 6:30am to talk about health care reform.

Humorist Charlie Pierce , author of “Idiot America” calls in at 7:30am to riff on the news of the day.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) calls in at 8:30am to talk about health care reform.

Health care legislation heading to the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced yesterday. Reid said individual states would have the choice of opting out of the program.

The government will release figures this week expected to show that the economy has emerged from its recession and is in the early stages of recovery. But the following week, the government will issue another set of figures expected to show unemployment continuing to rise toward and possibly above a clearly recessionary 10 percent.

An al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people ahead of January’s elections.

This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) calls in at 6:05am to talk about health care reform.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) calls in at 6:35am to talk about health care reform.

Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am to help us with Right Wing World.

Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am for another edition of “Humpdays with Hal.”

The Senate Finance Committee yesterday rejected two amendments to include a government-run public health insurance option in the only compromise health care bill so far. The amendments were opposed by all 10 GOP-ers on the committee and a few Dems, including committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana.

A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific hurled a massive tsunami at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea, leaving at least 99 dead and dozens missing.

The U.S. is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month. The reduced number of troops in Iraq marks the latest U.S. step in winding down the six-year war.

Today On The Thom Hartmann Show

Hour One: “Obama the Terrible…czars, peasants and the ’shame’ of being rich” Thom confronts Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute http://www.businessandmedia.org

Hour Two: “Banks have declared war on consumers…what you can do to survive” Thom talks with consumer rights attorney Alan Jablonski http://www.ajconsumerwatch.com

Hour Three: “The legacy of Watergate” John Dean, former White House Counsel in the Nixon era, joins Thom on the anniversary of the infamous break-in http://www.findlaw.com

Today On The Ed Schultz Show

Big Eddie holds a Town Hall Meeting in Buffalo, NY for the 1st and 2nd hour of Today’s show.

Norman Goldman fills in for Big Eddie for the 3rd hour of Today’s show.

President Obama speaks to Doctors about health care reform. We’ll bring you the latest.

CIA Director Leon Panetta says Dick Cheney is almost wishing for the US be attacked. We’ll talk about it.

Today On The Thom Hartmann Show

Hour One: Professor Muhammad Sahimi http://www.tehranbureau on the Iranian election results & protests

Hour Two: “Cash for Clunkers…more corporate welfare?” Thom mixes it up with Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women’s Forum www.iwf.org

Hour Three: “Labor Segment” Jonathan Tasini, Executive Director of the Labor Research Association guests www.workinglife.org

This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

Steph will be on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” today at 3pm!

Chris Hansen from NBC’s “Dateline” calls in at 7:06am to talk about his new hidden camera investigation, “Dateline: Vegas Undercover.”

Gov. Jesse Ventura calls in at 7:30am to talk about the paperback release of his book, “Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me.”

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) calls in at 8:30am to talk about health care reform and the recent news about the auto industry.

Iran’s supreme leader has ordered an investigation into allegations the country’s presidential vote was marred by ballot rigging as chaos following hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s declared victory continued for a third day.

Media rights group Reporters Without Borders is urging nations to not recognize the results of Iran’s presidential election, citing censorship and a crackdown on journalists. 4 reporters have been arrested by Iranian authorities.

President Obama is ready to roll out on Wednesday an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America’s troubled financial institutions. The goal is to prevent a recurrence of the economic crisis that erupted in the US and exploded last fall.

After a flare-up over controversial detainee photos, negotiators from the two chambers of Congress sealed an agreement on Friday on a crucial war-funding bill when President Obama personally guaranteed the photos would never be released.

Today On The Thom Hartmann Show

Hour One: Mark Potok http://www.splccenter.org on the rise of hate groups

Hour Two: Thom challenges Matthew Vadum http://www.capitalresearch.org on the Museum shooting…left claims vindication on “malicious DHS report”

Hour Three: “Is the KKK still a threat to America?” Thom speaks with Brian Tackett, former Grand Dragon of the KKK, about his new book “Inside the Ku Klux Klan” http://www.authorhouse.org

Today On The Thom Hartmann Show

Hour Two: “Progressive Challenger” Congressman Joe Sestak talks about his intention to challenge Arlen Specter in the 2010 primary www.sestak.house.gov

Hour Three: “Everything You Know is Wrong…the untold story of the 2001 anthrax attacks” Thom talks with Eric Nadler of “Dead Silence” www.anthraxwar.com

This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

“Newsday” columnist and Fox News liberal pundit Ellis Henican calls in at 6:30am to talk about the news of the day and about his upcoming comedy gig in New York City.

Del. Donna Christensen (D-VI) calls in at 7:30am to talk about health care reform and about the accelerated stimulus program.

President Obama yesterday challenged Congress to pay for its new increases in federal benefit programs as it goes, rather than sink the nation deeper into a debt, calling it a matter of public responsibility. Republicans lashed back that Obama is no voice of fiscal restraint as the deficit soars.

Democrats in both the House and Senate accelerated their drive to enact health care legislation yesterday, outlining proposals to extend coverage to uninsured millions but omitting most details on plans for raisin more than $1 trillion needed to cover costs.

Late yesterday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the sale of the bulk of Chrysler’s assets to Fiat, rejecting an appeal by a group of Indiana pension and construction funds, consumer groups, and others to block the transaction. The deal will now likely close early today.

The remote Pacific island nation of Palau said today it has agreed to a U.S. request to temporarily resettle up to 17 Chinese Muslims now held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center on Cuba. The nation said it would be “honored and proud” to resettle the detainees as a humanitarian gesture.

Today On The Thom Hartmann Show

Hour Two: “President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world…invitation to attack America?!” Thom confronts Scott Wheeler of the National Republican Trust PAC www.GOPtrust.com

Hour Three: “Labor Segment” Geri Jenkins, Co-President of the California Nurses Association, joins Thom on the future of health care www.guaranteedhealthcare.org