August 8 - Greece's PM at The White House as Unemployment Reaches a Record High; Preparing for Another War with Hezbollah; Shut Out of ALEC

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Part 1	We begin with today’s White House visit by the Greek Prime Minister Antonio Samaras where Obama called for a balance between austerity and growth so the Greek people could “see a light at the end of the tunnel”. The Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University Andre Gerolymatos joins us to discuss today’s announcement that unemployment in Greece has reached a record 27.6% with youth unemployment at 60%.
Part 2	Then we look into the extent to which the Israeli public is being prepared for a war with Hezbollah, following a briefing yesterday in which senior military officials warned that the next war with Hezbollah could involve up to 100,000 longer range, more accurate rockets with larger warheads than the 4,000 that rained down on Israel in the 2006 war. Daniel Byman, a professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and author of “A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counter-Terrorism” joins us to analyze these latest rumors of another war.
Part 3	Then finally we hear from “Background Briefing’s” special correspondent at the 40^thALEC convention in Chicago, Lauren Windsor, the host and producer of “The Undercurrent” on the Young Turks network. Along with most of the press, she was denied access to the secretive meetings between mostly Republican State legislators and the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council whose model bills like the “Stand Your Ground” legislation continue to be adopted around the country. We discuss how the protests outside resonated on the secret meetings taking place on the inside.
Extra	Despite Lauren Windsor's credentials as a reporter for Background Briefing, she was denied entry to the ALEC convention. However, she managed to get an interview with Ohio State Representative John Adams who participated in the convention. Listen below.
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zz6TuLBpzY