January 30th Show

Hello, BotNers! Sarah here, back to bring you what's coming up in Gwen's absence... she's working hard putting together our special show at Morgan State University tomorrow -- definitely tune in for that! In the meantime, we've got a great lineup today:

In our first hour, we're super-sizing Junkie. The political news is just too much to fit in a regular segment, so we're maximizing our time to talk about it all: At this time, Edwards and Giuliani are both expected to bow out; McCain won big in Florida; Clinton wants delegates for her Florida win... and that's just the last 24 hours! It's an exciting time in politics and we want to have enough air time to take as many of your questions as possible.

In our second hour, another buzzy topic: the economy. It's a similar grab-bag of hot issues: if the Fed drops rates for the second time this month, what the heck does that mean for Joe and Jane American? What does it mean for those of us with balances on our credit cards, or mortgages? How does it affect the American economy overall, at home and abroad? And what about the rebates Congress is working on? We'll try to cover it all. Following that, we'll switch gears and talk to Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl. Judea feels that journalists must take responsibility for the effects of their reporting, and cover "both sides." He'll tell us about what he calls, the "Daniel Pearl standard of responsible journalism."

Sarah Handel

Tags: Daniel Pearl | Judea Pearl | Political Junkie | credit | economy | election | interest rates | mortgages