Patt Morrison Fri, 11/14

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, November 14, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

 

1:00 – 2:00

Backlash and Fallout to Passage of Prop 8

 

Guests:

TBD

 

 

 

2:08 – 2:18

Will Mary Nichols Head the White House’s “Green House”?

Los Angeles attorney Mary Nichols, who heads California's Air Resources Board, is being floated as a possible candidate to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Barack Obama. Nichols has sharply criticized the EPA under President Bush over the last eight years for refusing to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, and for barring California and other states from enacting curbs on such gases from automobile tailpipes. What would be her priorities if she is indeed tapped to head the agency? We find out.

 

Guest:

Mary Nichols, Los Angeles Attorney and Head of California’s Air Resources Board

SHE CALLS US LINE 10; HAS 866 BACK-UP

 

 

 

2:25 - 2:35

Treasury Flip Flop

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced Wednesday that the administration had scrapped the original centerpiece of the rescue program - a proposal to buy troubled assets to get them off the books of banks as a way of promoting increased lending. Instead, Paulson said the administration will proceed with an alternative plan to spend $250 billion to buy stock in the banks as a way of bolstering their financial situation and accomplishing the same goal - getting the institutions to return to more normal lending. What changed? We talk to a spokeswoman from the Treasury to find out.

 

Guests:

Jennifer Zuccarelli: Spokeswoman for the Treasury

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2:43 - 2:53

Doing the Numbers: Exactly Where is $700 Billion Going?

The Treasury has already loaned out or committed $290 billion of the first half. Democrats are working on a bill they hope to pass next week that would devote another $25 billion to the beleaguered auto industry, with the specific intent of helping General Motors Corp. avoid bankruptcy. What about the rest of the funds? We follow the $700 billion money trail.

 

Guests:

TBD