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Michael McAuliff: Reaching a Deal? & Sasha Abramsky: The American Way of Poverty

October 16, 2013

Good morning folks! On today’s Huffington Post’s Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) joins Sam to talk about the final default negotiations in the Senate and Sasha Abramsky a senior fellow at Demos, discusses the American Way of Poverty. Tune in at noon!

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