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April 26th, 2010
07:56 PM ET

The Teaser

"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.


6:30AM
  Craiglist expects a 22% increase in revenue this year – mainly off of ads for prostitution. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal & Nicholas Thompson, Sr. Editor at Wired Magazine on the website’s controversial new profit.

7:10AM  Financial reform – shot down in the Senate. Gerald Seib, Washington Exec. Editor at the Wall Street Journal and A.B. Stoddard, Associate Editor & Columnist at the Hill on the winners and losers of this vote – and what's next.

7:30AM  Goldman Sachs in the hot seat – Sen. Claire McCaskill on what to expect in tomorrow's Congressional hearing.

8:10AM   5 months – 113 homicides – does the National Guard need to step in to stop the violence in Chicago? We'll ask Community Organizer Mark S. Allen and Illinois State Rep. LaShawn Ford.

8:30AM  With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas invited to Washington by President Obama – where do we stand in the peace process? Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren joins us.


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April 25th, 2010
11:05 PM ET

The Teaser

"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.

6:30AM  The senate race is heating up in Florida: as Marc Rubio picks up GOP endorsements, will Rep. Gov. Charlie Crist change to an independent? We'll ask Adam Smith, Political Editor at the St. Petersburg Times.

7:30AM  Goldman Sachs – who knew what, when, and does it add up to fraud?  We're talking to BusinessWeek's Roben Farzad and our own Christine Romans on what we can expect from Tuesday's Congressional hearing.

8:30AM  The controversial immigration law was signed into law Friday – but is it actually constitutional? We'll ask CNN Senior Legal Analyst, Jeffrey Toobin.


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April 22nd, 2010
10:15 PM ET

The Teaser

"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.

6:30AM  Birthers and death threats – John Avlon joins us with his picks for Wingnuts of the Week.

7:20AM  Auto industry – on the rebound? We'll ask Rick Newman, Chief Business Correspondent for U.S. News & World Report

7:30AM  A one-by-five mile sheen of crude oil has spread across the Gulf of Mexico after the rig explosion – will it continue to spread & what's being done to stop it? We'll ask Rear Adm. Mary Landry, U.S. Coast Guard.

8:10AM  Candy Crowley joins us to break down this week's political headlines.

8:30AM  The Pill turns 50 – Nancy Gibbs from Time Magazine and our own Sanjay Gupta look at the impact it's had on American life.


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April 21st, 2010
10:14 PM ET

The Teaser

"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.

6:30AM  The U.S. is flirting with an "education catastrophe" according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan. We're talking to Dan Montgomery, an English teacher from Chicago, and Lindsey Burke, and education policy analyst, about what needs to be done to prevent it.

7:10AM  Imagine a city block that was shooting flames 200 feet in the air – that's how Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Dustin Bernatovich describes the scene at the oil rig explosion in the gulf of Mexico. Dustin and Lt. Craig Murray join us to talk about their rescue efforts.

7:30AM  If the current reform bill was in place before the financial collapse – how much damage would it have prevented? We'll ask Michael Greenberger: Fmr. Director, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

7:40AM  It's been dubbed "the other CO2" problem – the rising acidity levels in our oceans. Actress Sigourney Weaver on the danger it poses and what we can do to stop it.

8:30AM President Obama heads to Wall Street tomorrow – we'll get a preview of his speech from one of his senior advisers – Valerie Jarrett.


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April 20th, 2010
08:43 PM ET

The Teaser

"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.

6:30AM  School lunches – a national security threat? So says a group of retired military officers. We'll ask Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) why.

7:10AM & 8:55AM  First Lady Michelle Obama's brother – Craig Robinson – on how both he and his sister got from Chicago's Southside to the Ivy League and beyond. Craig also teaches our own Kiran Chetry how to shoot some hoops.
 
7:30AM  The former Sherriff of Wall Street, Eliot Spitzer, on Washington's push for financial reform.

8:30AM  "Reasonable suspicion" you are an illegal immigrant? Arrested – according to a controversial new Arizona law. Racial profiling? We'll ask Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona State Representative Kyrsten Sinema.


Got questions for any of our guests?
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April 18th, 2010
08:51 PM ET

The Teaser

"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.

6:30AM  How long could the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupt? We'll get a prediction from Robert Trombley, a Volcanologist from the International Volcano Research Centre

7:30AM  Goldman Sachs charged with fraud – what does it mean for the firm and the push for financial regulation in D.C.? We'll ask Diane Brady from Businessweek and William Cohan – former M&A Banker and contributer to the DailyBeast.com.

8:30AM  Talking to the creator of the Facebook group "When Volcanoes Erupt: A Survival Guide for Stranded Travelers" – Tod Brilliant and his 31-weeks-pregnant wife Andrea, who are stuck in the UK.


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