Cenk hosting today.  President Obama decided to cancel a one-on-one meeting with Putin that was supposed to take place just before the G20 Summit.  Some of our politicians have mindlessly called for us to move the Summit from Russia as punishment when America has no right to do this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/obama-putin-meeting_n_3718825.html  Foreign policy and Terrorism experts are puzzled by the closings of 19 embassies over the intelligence intercepts. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/06/198681/broad-us-terror-alert-mystifies.html#.UgLZ9WSgk9E  The newest spying program scans people and labels them as insider threats if they have family abroad, voice frustration about the government, or have money problems. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/insider-threat-training_n_3714333.html

Rep John Lewis, the lone Civil Rights leader left that marched with MLK, had some very positive things to say about Edward Snowden, comparing him to Ghandi and MLK. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/john-lewis-civil-rights-edward-snowden  Glenn Beck declared that the Obama Admin is planting the seeds for a race war.  Protesters outside of a Phoenix high school that President Obama spoke at had some outrageously racist signs as they chanted racist things. http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20130806obama-phoenix-protests-outside-school.html

Steve King’s latest insane comments came at a Koch Brothers sponsored event.  He made the case that climate change actually has some positive effects on plants.http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/07/2429331/steve-king-climate-religion/   Today’s Catfight is between Ted Cruz and the Establishment Republicans over whether or not to shut down the government to defund ObamaCare. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/tea-party-obamacare_n_3719124.html  RNC Chairman Reince Priebus sent a threatening letter to CNN and NBC to pull GOP debates from their networks unless they don’t air the two Hillary Clinton documentaries just before the 2016 elections.  Lightning round.  Video of Bill Clinton talking about the difficulty of watching the Anthony Weiner race.  CNN plans on giving even more time to Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper.