Douglas Deal

Presidential historian and author of “Cronkite” Douglas Brinkley reveals how Walter Cronkite managed to seem like an impartial newsman while still being a liberal during his career as an anchor. Brinkley says Cronkite was an FDR, New Deal Democrat his entire life. Cronkite “was very concerned that liberals seemed not to be bold enough.” He was very pro-Roe vs. Wade, for global human rights… He affiliated himself mightily with the Democratic Party once he wasn’t anchoring anymore.

An unusual and funny love story about a modern woman who realizes she's looking for an old fashioned kind of romance. Mathematics professor Kate Gunzinger (Jill Clayburgh) has everything the modern woman is supposed to want: a successful career, financial security and an active social and sex life - but somehow it's not enough. While attending her father's wedding in New York, she meets and falls in love with her new stepmother's son (Michael Douglas), a former baseball player who sweeps her off her feet. Immediately, Kate is confronted with three problems: how to deal with her animosity towards her father's new wife; what to do about her old boyfriend; and how to handle a relationship that, in some strange way, borders on incest!

On this edition of the Daily Fix Backstage, we sit down with Kentucky-born, Folk singer-songwriter, Daniel Martin Moore to get the details on his debut album, 'Stray Age.' Moore discusses life coming out of the Peace Corps and how he began his career in music. Find out how The Shins inspired him to put his demo in the mail, and how that landed him a deal with major recording label, Sub Pop Records. Not lucky enough, Moore fills us in on how Joe Chiccarelli came to produce his album, and what it was like working with the acclaimed music professional. The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.

Arguing that Hillary Clinton doesn't want to remain in her current position for more than four years, presidential biographer Douglas Brinkley believes a deal is "already in the works."