• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Rep. Aaron Schock’s (R-IL) Downton Abbey-inspired office
• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”
• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about how the entertainment industry enabled Bill Cosby
• Senate GOP put Dems on record for a 2nd time yesterday against legislation combining Homeland Security funding with rollbacks of President Obama’s immigration policies. But there was little evidence Congress was any closer to a solution to fund the department as the Feb. 27th deadline approaches.
• Jordan’s king vowed Thursday to wage a “harsh” war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) after the militants burned a captive Jordanian pilot in a cage and released a video of the killing. The images have sent waves of revulsion across the world.
• The measles outbreak has spread to at least 145 cases in 14 states. Legislation is being introduced in California that would require kids to be vaccinated before starting school, except for medical reasons, abolishing exemptions for personal beliefs.
• Health insurer Anthem, which has nearly 40 million U.S. customers, said yesterday that hackers had breached one of its systems and stolen personal information relating to current and former consumers and employees.
