New York Governor David Paterson said this is a “winter of reckoning” in the state of the state speech yesterday. Hear State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli react to the speech and offer his take on the state’s financial health. Plus, reactions to the speech from State Senator Bill Perkins (D-30) and ...

As the Obama cabinet gets firmed up, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman compares this transition with the last one. Plus, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli gives the grim news released this morning in his annual Wall Street report. And: Dr. Maya Angelou on her latest book.