Wednesday      
January 20, 2010

Brown Victory Brings New Day in D.C. and Massachusetts

Senator-elect Scott Brown says he’ll be driving his trademark truck down to D.C. We’ll look at where Brown stands on financial reform, healthcare reform, national security and more, and what his election says about the electorate. Our guests are analysts Dan Payne and Todd Domke; we’ll also speak with Gail Chaddock, Capitol Hill correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and John Harwood, chief political correspondent for CNBC and a political writer for the New York Times

  • We also speak with New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, the ranking Republican on the Senate budget committee, to discuss what Scott Brown’s victory means for health care reform and the hopes of other Republicans in Congress during the midterm elections.

California Braces for Third in Series of Storms

A series of storms has hit parts of California. Officials are asking hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes today. We’ll speak with Kirk Albanese, deputy chief, Los Angeles Police Department.

Doctor in Haiti Tells of Makeshift Medical Care Amid Aftershocks

Medical supplies are in short supply in Haiti, while power and communications remain unreliable. We talk about the situation with Dr. Evan Lyon, who’s working at the general hospital in Port-au-Prince for the organization, Partners in Health.

Painting Art Along a Longitude

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Painter and Williams College professor Mike Glier wanted to explore areas on a longitudinal line from his upstate New York studio. So he traveled to the Arctic Tundra on Canada’s Baffin Island, the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador, St. John’s in the Virgin Islands as well as New York City. His paintings, photos, and thoughts on his journey are captured in a new book: “Mike Glier: Along a Long Line.”

Music from the show

  • Peter Dixon, “Nagog Woods”
  • Art Blakey, “C.O.R.E.”
  • Fred Hirsch, “Desafinado”
  • Dntel, “Last Songs”
  • Massive Attack, “Future Proof”Robert Starer, “Hudson Valley Suite: The View from Olana” performed by the Albany Symphony Orchestra and David Alan Miller
    • Virginia Savova

      Please, can some journalist somewhere ask these questions. I can’t seem to get an answer for months now:

      1) Why can’t the democrats change the filibuster rule? Are they afraid of the consequences or is it just hard procedurally?
      2) Why can’t the democrats actually challenge the Republicans to filibuster – see how long they can actually pull it off for (as far as I understand they need to hold together as a team for days reading the phonebook – isn’t there a chance they will break down and go home first)?

    • Melissa

      What about the cyclical nature of politics. Whenever one party hold all three positions branches, the following election the opposite party usually wins more seats. It’s the nature of wanting a check and balances and does not necessarily mean the turning of the tide.

    • http://twitter.com/wajobu wajobu

      The “Tea Party” folks don’t see the need for healthcare reform. Wait until their employers drop their coverage due to high costs & THEN maybe they’ll get it.

    • Shedrick_Sanders

      In the history of the United States when a Black Man was the first in any field that was previously all White some White people oppose him just because he is Black. Obama like Jackie Robinson, Ernie Davis, and many others is facing that. He is in a no win situation. MA is no surprise look at it’s history on race.

    • Tonyjm

      I’m so tired of everyone blaming the last administration for what happened when in reality both the house and Senate has been controlled by the Democrats since 2006. So they should shoulder the blame.

      The Tea Party folks do see a need for healthcare reform, but not at the expense the current legislation will place on the American tax payers in future years. This bill doesn’t provide any healthcare benefits for four years, but starts taxing folks in year one.

    • maverick00010

      Nice, keep posting such stuff in the future as well.

    • brian

      Please.
      Let’s not overanalyze the Brown victory. Brown is very photogenic and Coakley looked like a sourpuss. Studies have shown that good looking people have a better chance of being elected and have been in large numbers.

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