Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses why the Obama administration is allowing Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to support al-Qaeda groups in Syria, contrary to the White House's supposed counter-terrorism strategy.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the ongoing war in Yemen and the disastrous post-war chaos in Libya.

Kevin Zeese, co-director of PopularResistance.org, discusses how Fast Track legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would allow Congress to rush through "free" trade agreements with no debate or review, in what amounts to crony capitalism at its worst.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the 48 year anniversary of the deliberate Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 American sailors, marines and civilian personnel.

Sandy Tolan, author of Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land, discusses the young Palestinian musicians who use music to nonviolently confront Israeli occupation, as world opinion turns increasingly against Israel's apartheid state.

Alfred McCoy, the J.R.W Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses his article "The Geopolitics of American Global Decline: Washington Versus China in the Twenty-First Century."

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the acquittal of Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo - who stood on a Chevy Malibu's hood and fired multiple shots at the two unarmed occupants inside - on two counts of voluntary manslaughter.