one is what katrina vanden heuvel mentioned. he had me over for dinner five years ago when he was a common senator and i have never been so impressed with a politician in my life. i was so moved by this new generation of black leaders of and hoped my daughter who turned 13 might vote for this man for president. i didn't even know at the time his middle name was hussain. it seemed a miracle that he is president years later. i have a lot of trouble imagining anyone even today who could the president of the united states who is as smart and committed to their values and worldview. we have some fundamental disagreements but that was 2005. bush got reelected somehow. is incredible. i like the guy a lot. i am sure a lot of you were crying that night. that is part one. part to is this morning i was writing the obama chapter of a book i have been working on for eight years which is a history of postwar american liberalism which will be out next year called the cause. liberalism is a lot more marginal than we like to think it is. frankli

now they will ask if murdoch's fall is inevitable nations that their katrina vanden heuvel will join us also look at the afghanistan a general david petraeus leaves behind as he officially hands over command of the war today and we'll tell you about the most important geo location company that you've never heard of they've got a technology that governments all over the world are trying to buy up so i can have all of that and more for you tonight including a dozen happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media and society. well the debt limit talks still holding the country on the brink of a default average america's longest war coming under a new command there was one story of the mainstream media make sure to cover first this morning we're going to begin with casey anthony a free woman today her whereabouts a secret for the first time in three years casey anthony is no longer behind bars yesterday morning she did this and a lot of people were surprised they didn't sneak around of the back door to see anthony walked right out of the front door at this point she h

economy we're joining me now is katrina vanden heuvel she's editor and publisher of the nation magazine the way and we certainly thank you so much for being with us and you're one that has labeled the debt ceiling theatrically in your column i want to know who you will responsible or is it certain aspects of our system of government that you will responsible for this whole circus we've seen. it's a good question talk about an unstable world as we saw in those previous in the push you know i hold the structural obstacles of our system responsible but mostly at this stage republican party or it has failed to understand that unless we achieve until it is one of shared prosperity that includes increased tax revenues and not just spending cuts we're never going to get anywhere in terms of. a strong america so i think when i wrote this up or the other day about fourteen that it is in our constitution that president obama could invoke article four of the fourteenth amendment to say that this steps that stealing is unconstitutional it is a tool in the toolkit to have leverage as we face an incr

is past many deadlines for raising the debt ceiling for more on this i spoke earlier with katrina vanden heuvel she's editor and publisher of the nation magazine i asked her who she held responsible for what she's telling it is the debt ceiling the after effects on capitol hill here's her take. you know i hold the structural obstacles of our system responsible but mostly at this stage republican party or it has failed to understand that unless we achieve until it is one of shared prosperity that includes increased tax revenues and not just spending cuts we're never going to get anywhere in terms of. a strong america so i think when i wrote this up or the other day about the fourteenth amendment it is in our constitution that president obama couldn't go article four of the fourteenth amendment to say that this steps that stealing is unconstitutional it is a tool in the toolkit to have leverage as we face an increasingly obstructionist extremist republican party unwilling to consider tax increases on the richest i'm corporations on those who've taken their money or car and so i think that's where