Patt Morrison for Mon 8/17

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, August 17, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

 

1:00 – 1:20

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Keeping American Employed      

What’s up with unemployment? Where have the old jobs gone and where are the new ones coming from? Labor secretary Hilda Solis is here with her solutions for keeping America employed. Also, we get an update on her green jobs initiative and her perspective on what's at stake in the debate over healthcare reform.

Guests:

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

BY TAPE

 

 

1:20 – 2:00

OPEN

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

2:00 – 2:40

The Battle for America 2008

As presidential campaigns go, 2008 was a banner year. Dan Balz, lead political reporter for The Washington Post, and Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winning author, followed the election from the candidates' first visits to Iowa and New Hampshire right up to Obama's victory celebration.  The result is "Battle for America 2008," inside the twists and turns of this election cliffhanger.

Guests:

Dan Balz, lead political reporter for The Washington Post

Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of fourteen books

 

 

2:40 – 3:00

OPEN