President Obama returned from an historic tour of South America to criticism over the US led air strikes on Libya. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are expressing anger that the President failed to consult them before announcing the military action last Sunday. In an open letter to the President, House Speaker, John Boehner questioned the rationale of US involvement in the UN sanctioned action against Libya and called for accountability.Politicians and legal scholars are also questioning whether the US led attacks are constitutional. We're joined by Glenn Thrush, Senior White House reporter at Politico.
Governor Jerry Brown is considering a plan that would let the public bypass the legislature entirely and get the tax extension on the ballot in November through the initiative process. But a new poll released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California shows that public support for a special election is dropping. We talk to PPIC CEO Mark Baldassare about what it says about Californians.
Marketplace Tech Report's John Moe brings us the latest in tech news: hackers in Iran have created fake sites that look like Google and Yahoo in an attempt to allow the government to track online activity, Firefox, Chrome and Microsoft all revamp their browsers and cracking down on apps designed to alert drunk drivers of DUI checkpoints.
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have had repercussions in business, with Honda and Toyota shutting down several facilities, Toshiba halting production on microchips and computer processors and Sony struggling to get its Sendai Technology Center back on line. It manufactures HD magnetic tape which is widely used in film and television in Hollywood. We talk to production coordinator Allyce Ozarski about the concern over diminishing tape stocks.
An Irvine fertility doctor, Ricardo Asch, accused of taking eggs and embryos from patients and selling them to others without their consent in the 90s was released from custody by Mexican authorities this week. He had fled the country after the scandal erupted in 1995. We speak to Orange County Register reporter Teri Sforza.
The Sklar brothers join us for our weekly review of the weird and wonderful in sports: a film about Babe Ruth is rediscovered, comedian Drew Carey is inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame and the latest in March Madness. Plus ESPN increasing cricket coverage!
