Chicago recorded its first subzero temperatures of the winter Monday morning, with wind chills as low as minus-20 in some areas and a few inches of snow expected later in the day.
No one had the winning numbers in the Powerball drawing on Saturday. The jackpot will increase to well over $1 billion on Wednesday. Interestingly enough, you could actually buy every possible number combination for about $580 million. Of course if you ended up sharing those numbers with someone, you’d be in big trouble.
Drug kingpin El Chapo was re-captured in Mexico, months after he escaped from prison. Actor Sean Penn also released an interview he did with El Chapo while he was in hiding. Authorities aren’t happy with Penn because he was in contact with El Chapo while he was a fugitive. Crisis Communication Expert Lissa Druss Christman with Serafin and Associates joined John Howell to talk about what Sean Penn and Rolling Stone can do to rescue their reputations. (Listen here)
David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades with hits like “Fame,” ”Heroes” and “Let’s Dance,” died Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 69. Reporter Steve Kastenbaum joined John Howell with details on the life, career and death of Bowie. (Listen here)
The stock market had a rough week last week, but the jobs report looked pretty positive. Will that be enough to turn things around? John talked to Economist and Wall Street Journal columnist Stephen Moore. (Listen here)
The city of Chicago is opening a new medical marijuana dispensary on the north side. Alderman Anthony Napolitano from the 41st ward is none too pleased about the fact that it landed in his ward and joined John to vent his frustrations. (Listen here)
Does Donald Trump stand a chance at becoming the next President of the United States? Howard Fineman from Huffington post joined John Howell and said that if there’s one theme to the 2016 election so far, it’s that the impossible is absolutely possible. (Listen here)
This week looks to be a busy one in Washington, DC. President Obama is preparing to give his final State of the Union address and while the weather is getting colder, the 2016 race is starting to heat up. Bret Baier the host of Special Report on Fox News Channel joined John to preview the week in politics. (Listen here)
Hillary Clinton was on Face the Nation with John Dickerson and was asked if her husbands personal foibles are fair game for the 2016 election. She said that’s totally up to Republicans, if that’s the kind of campaign they want to run. I could be wrong, but I believe at this point Donald Trump is the only one who has brought it up. I think the rest have more or less avoided the subject.
Producer Keith Conrad finished watching Making A Murderer on Netflix over the weekend, he says that they left out a lot of key evidence that Steven Avery did in fact most likely kill Teresa Halbach.
