Patty Lane

Psychologists tell us laughter can relieve tension, stress and, according to the old adage, it can also be the best medicine. We'll talk to a local man who turned to comedy to deal with challenges.

We discuss what prompted U.S. officials to issue a worldwide travel advisory warning Americans of the potential for terrorist attacks. Congressman Scott Peters joins us by phone from Israel and in studio, we'll hear from an expert on the Middle East and terrorism.

San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith joins us for the latest on the sexual harassment allegations against San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. Filner's private attorney is arguing that his client's legal bills should be paid by the city because it failed to provide him with sexual harassment training, but a new report claims the mayor's office canceled multiple new employee and management training sessions in his first months of office.

Army Private Bradley Manning was found not guilty on charges of aiding the enemy, but guilty on other espionage charges. Manning acknowledged he gave more than 700 classified military documents to WikiLeaks. We take a look at what's next and if this case will affect the case of Edward Snowden.

Burdick spoke Tuesday to the Rachel Maddow Show about a recently adopted rule that the mayor is no longer allowed to meet alone with women and whether Mayor Filner is able to govern the city in light of sexual harassment allegations.

A new initiative called "Think Local First" encourages people to hire, purchase and contract services locally to keep sales tax revenues in San Diego County. We'll look at how it works.