John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for the Nation, joins the 1st hour of today’s show to discuss the Wisconsin Recall election.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss.

Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, joins the 2nd hour of today’s show to discuss House Speaker John Boehner’s threat about the debt ceiling.

Washington braced Tuesday for a replay of last summer’s tense battle over the burgeoning national debt as House Speaker John A. Boehner threatened again to block an increase in the federal debt ceiling without significant new cuts in spending. We’ll talk about.

President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and Democratic groups affiliated with it raised $43.6 million in April. We’ll give you the details.

President Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a defense policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorize higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security issues from nuclear arms reductions to handling war detainees. We’ll bring you the latest.