Bill O’Reilly has said that far left zealots are exploiting the death of Dr. George Tiller by making a connection to right wing hate speech. Has right wing talk radio encouraged the kind of violence that reproductive health clinics and abortion providers have experienced over the years? And should they be held responsible? David Neiwert says there is a connection and in his new book, The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, looks at the relationship between hate speech and acts of violence.  

Then, the recession has impacted the labor market in serious ways. Jobs have been lost and significantly more men than women are out of work. What do women have to gain from the recession? Katty Kay, BBC’s Washington Correspondent and Claire Shipman, Senior National Correspondent for Good Morning America and the co-authors of Womenomics on why women might just manage the economy differently.

Finally, twenty years after Tiananmen how has culture shaped China’s political and economic development? Dr. Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society and Vice President of the Global Arts Program and John Delury, Associate Director of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations on China’s future.

Thanks to Ill Doctrine and the Real News Network for video in tonight’s show.