When Republicans and Obama play chicken, who will win? Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on whether Congressional Republicans will succeed in holding Obamacare hostage with the new fiscal year funding fight with Obama.

Is the U.S. sending the wrong signals to our enemies? Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on whether the Obama foreign policy is making the U.S. weaker and more vulnerable to our enemies.

Why isn't "Leading from behind" working as a foreign policy? Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the unprecedented retreat by the U.S. of dozens of embassies in the Middle East, and what message that sends to our enemies.

John Fox joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the need for real tax reform in the country and we can't get it done, plus the challenge of agreeing on tax relief methods in Washington.

John Fox joins Jim Blasingame to explain that just as there are tax breaks in the law that help high school income earners, there should be tax breaks that help low income earners.

There could be 100 other cities and some states who are essentially bankrupt. Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many U.S. cities and some states that are in such dire financial straits that bankruptcy is in their future.

How many years will the Detroit bankruptcy take? Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to report on the constitutional and contractual difficulties Detroit will face in order to take bankruptcy, and how many years will that take.

What caused the city of Detroit to take bankruptcy? Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the bad decisions over decades that created the bankrupt condition it is currently in.

Jim asks what may be America's most existential question. Jim Blasingame reports on an online poll about the future of America, reflects on the U.S.'s slide toward socialism, and asks, "Who will bail out America?"

Why is youth unemployment so high and why do they owe so much on their education? Jim Blasingame to report on who is responsible for high unemployment among 18-29 year olds, as well as who created the student loan crisis.