P.J. O'Rourke on his fellow baby boomers: 'The world is still our fault'

Newly declassified testimony shows Pentagon reaction to Benghazi attack

Guest:

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt (Ret.)
Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Middle East policy under President George W. Bush.

Read about Gen. Carter Ham's testimony related to the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Ham was the head of the U.S. Africa Command at the time of the attack. (via The New York Daily News)

How will Christie "cooperate with all appropriate inquiries" into his administration's controversies?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addressed last fall's controversial George Washington Bridge closures in his State of the State address on Tuesday.

Guests:

N.J. Assemblyman John Wisniewski @AssemblymanWiz
Wisniewski, a Democratic member of the New Jersey State Assembly since 1996, will lead the investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures.

Bob Jordan @BobJordanAPP 
Statehouse reporter for the Asbury Park Press, author of exclusive report, "New Documents Show Christie Office Hiding Details of Storm TV Ads."

Read more about Christie's remarks, via The Associated Press.

Former NFL player with CTE reacts to rejection of concussion settlement

U.S. District Judge Anita Brody said Tuesday she was questioning whether the proposed $765 million settlement would be enough money for the roughly 20,000 retired professional football players involved in the lawsuit.

Guest:

Leonard Marshall
Former NFL defensive end player who played with the New York Giants and Jets. He was diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease CTE and is part of the class action lawsuit against the NFL.

Read more about the judge's ruling, via The Associated Press.

Michelle Rhee on how US public schools can make the grade

On Tuesday, the public education reform group StudentsFirst gave the U.S. public school system a nationwide grade of "D+."

Guest:

Michelle Rhee @MichelleRhee

Founder and CEO of StudentsFirst (@StudentsFirst), former Washington, D.C. schools chancellor.

View StudentsFirst's State Policy Report Card for 2014.

P.J. O'Rourke on his fellow baby boomers: "The world is still our fault"

Guest:

P.J. O'Rourke @PJORourke 
Political satirist, author of “The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way... And It Wasn't My Fault... And I'll Never Do It Again."

Read an excerpt from O'Rourke's book "The Baby Boom," via The Wall Street Journal.

The commercial space flight industry reaches a major milestone

Guest:

Derrick Pitts @coolastronomer 
Chief astronomer at The Franklin Institute Science Museum.

Read more about Virgin Galactic's third supersonic test flight, via CNET; NASA's viral "Hand of God" photo, via The Christian Science Monitor; China's moon probe Chang'e 3, via The Denver Examiner; and the effort to collect debris from Comet ISON in Antarctica, via RT.com.

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