Deal Reached On Government Wiretapping Laws; Scott McClellan Testimony; Obama Campaign Rejects Public Financing; Doris Day; FilmWeek Reviews
Deal Reached On Government Wiretapping Laws
After a year-long battle, House and Senate leaders reached a compromise yesterday that increases the government's authority to eavesdrop, and protects telephone companies from being sued. Ted Chen talks with Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times staff writer about the details of the agreement.
Scott McClellan Testimony
Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee today. He stated that President Bush and Vice President Cheney wanted him to say that Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis Libbey, was not involved in the leak of Valerie Plame's identity. Ted talks with Congressman Brad Sherman, a member of the Judiciary Committee, for an update on the ongoing hearing.
Obama Campaign Rejects Public Financing
Guest host Ted Chen talks with Peter Nicholas, L.A. Times staff writer and opens the phones for listeners to weigh in on the decision by Barack Obama's campaign to no longer accept public financing. The campaign turned down $84.1 million federal dollars, the first major candidate to do so since 1976. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee accused Obama Thursday of breaking a promise to the American public to abide by federal spending limits. Is relying solely on private donations a "flip flop" that could harm Obama's campaign or a brilliant tactic to raise more money and connect with more voters?
Doris Day
Although studios and the press sold her as "the girl next door" and a happy wife and mother, a new biography of Doris Day uncovers an insecure workaholic who suffered four failed marriages and a nervous breakdown. Ted talks with David Kaufman about his new book, "Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door" and learns about the down-to-earth woman who brought great joy to her fans but found little for herself.
FilmWeek Reviews
Ted Chen and critics Lael Loewenstein, of Variety, and Claudia Puig, of USA Today, review some of the week's new feature films including "Get Smart," "The Love Guru," "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," and "Brick Lane."