A radio and television host and liberal political commentator, Alan Colmes is best known as a co-host on Fox News Channel's political debate program Hannity & Colmes. Colmes also hosts the nationally-syndicated radio show, The Alan Colmes Show, on Fox News Radio and is well respected by Democrats and Republicans.

Three-time Emmy award winning journalist and anchor of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°, Anderson Cooper has covered nearly all of major news events around the world including the 2008 Presidential elections, the economic crisis, Hurricane Katrina, and the bombings in London.

Prior to joining NBC News as the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Andrea Mitchell was NBC News' Chief White House Correspondent. Andrea covered the 2004 presidential campaign and has had numerous exclusive interviews including one with President Fidel Castro. Her first book is titled Talking Back, a memoir about her experiences as one of the first women to cover five presidents, Congress and foreign policy.

A regular contributor on National Public Radio's Marketplace program, Andrew Serwer is a contributor for CNN's American Morning and editor-at-large for FORTUNE magazine. Mr. Serwer has written cover stories on Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and John Chambers. He has written for TIME, Sports Illustrated and SLAM.

Author of NYT best-seller, Battle Ready, a book on his military career and foreign affairs, Anthony Zinni is a retired four-star General in the United States Marine Corps and a former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command. Additionally he is an instructor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

As a correspondent for NBC News, Ashleigh Banfield has appeared on the programs "The Today Show," "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," and "Dateline." She is an anchor on MSNBC and an Emmy Award winning international television news correspondent and host who has reported breaking news from across the country and around the globe.

Lawyer, teacher, actor, comic, economist, father, novelist, essayist, expert on finance, meet Ben Stein! An Emmy award-winning actor, comedian and game-show host, Ben is famous for his monotonous yet humorous voice in acting. Ben has worked, demonstrated and struggled for voting rights for African Americans, and was also a speech writer for Richard Nixon and for Gerald Ford.

During his career as a network newsman, Bill Kurtis covered such notable stories as the Richard Speck murders and the Charles Manson trial. In 1990 Bill founded Kurtis Productions which produced programs for A&E including Investigative Reports and Cold Case File. Bill provided satirical narration for the blockbuster hit, Anchorman. Bill's latest book is The Death Penalty On Trial: Crisis In American Justice.