Announcing the launch of a new Bill O'Reilly book series. The theme: "Confronting."

And the first installment publishes in September. "Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden." In it, Bill takes the measure of each of the 45 presidents.... Who served the country best? Who most undermined the founding fathers' ideals? The heroes, the disasters. And of course using the style of storytelling you've come to expect from a Bill O'Reilly book.

Gary kicked off the week by catching up with the chair of the CT Young Republicans, Ken Langille. State Senator Tony Hwang joined the show to discuss the latest happenings in Hartford in the short legislative session, and Gary talked transportation with journalist James Cameron.

PHIL KERPEN, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN COMMITMENT, American Commitment engages in critical public policy fights over the size and intrusiveness of government through direct advocacy, strategic policy analysis, and grassroots mobilization. Working with key partners, American Commitment delivers timely, effective public policy research to the broader free-market movement, Phil will talk about: Why foreign price controls force Americans to pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world, and why we need to break these price controls in trade negotiations. He spoke to Brad and Paul