Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:30am EST / 7:30am PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.

Actor & Comedian Rob Schneider calls us promoting his new comedy series,
Real Rob at 11:20 EST / 8:20 PST. The eight-episode scripted series, starring, produced and
directed by Schneider, premiered on Netflix on Tuesday, December 1.

Obama eyes ‘audacious’ use of executive power in final year-President Obama’s pledge to pursue “audacious” executive action during his final year in office is stirring a frenzy of speculation about what he might have up his sleeve.

Study: 62 people own as much wealth as half the world’s population-Oxfam International, the anti-poverty nonprofit based in the U.K., released a report on Monday saying that the 62 richest people in the world own the same amount of wealth as the the bottom half of the global population.

Hillary Clinton Makes Her Case: It’s Me Or The GOP
Hillary Clinton’s plan to stem her slide against Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary began to come into clear focus Sunday night in the fourth Democratic debate.She also went hard at Sanders, a Vermont independent senator, as too conservative on gun control and too radical on health care. With Sanders now tied with Clinton in Iowa, and leading in New Hampshire, her campaign is hoping that although Democratic primary voters may be in love with Sanders, they’ll ultimately settle down with the pragmatic choice.

Chris Rock calls the Oscars ‘the white BET Awards’ as people call for a boycott-As we discussed last week, this year’s Oscars are a redux of last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy. The Academy members – mostly white men older than 60 – have decided for the second year in a row that no actor of color did any Oscar-worthy work.