information to wiki leaks is being hailed as a hero in berkeley california i'm going to speak with kevin zeese and ask him why manning is being held as a hero by some and a villain by others by whether he thinks the average american really cares next has obama abandoned his own party many progressives are feeling betrayed especially after the president's recent compromise on tax cuts so with members of the left getting discouraged could obama really face a challenger in the primaries for two thousand and twelve we're going to ask marcy wheeler blogger for mt whelan firedoglake then should states be allowed to declare bankruptcy currently they can't but some republicans are toying with the idea of changing the laws we can't help but wonder what would a change like that mean for america's economic future we're going to host a debate on this issue at the end of the show but now let's move on to the day's top story. yesterday we glanced over what some are calling a cyber battle of sorts as a group known as anonymous has taken credit has taken credit for a string of high profile cyber attacks again