Loud & Clear

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Dr. Wilmer Leon, a political scientist and author, and he’s the host of a nationally broadcast talk radio show on Sirius/XM channel 126; by Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup, and America's Undeclared War; and by Dave Lindorff, an investigative reporter, a columnist for CounterPunch, and a contributor to Businessweek, The Nation, Extra! and Salon.com.Democrat Conor Lamb came out of yesterday’s special election in Pennsylvania with a razor thin lead over Republican Rick Saccone, 49.8 percent to 49.6 percent, a difference of only 641 votes. Election officials are now counting absentee and provisional ballots, but most news networks already have called the race for Lamb. We’ll look at what this means for both parties as we approach the midterm elections. Brian and John continue our regular segment where we look at nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of