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We'll be out there talking to the band who is very excited about their brand-new album and their 25 years together. >> steve: that's right. >> gretchen: the lead voice and the guys will be speak to go him coming up. i can hardly wait to hear him at 6:50. he was with us at one of the conventions. >> steve: i think it was the one in tampa indeed. he's a libertarian and he's got a unique point of view when it comes to politics and wait until you hear about all the instruments he -- he's famous for playing the harmonica. he played a whole bunch of instruments before he took up the harmonica. he di...

From me. >> brian: you could see us. i know you. >> steve: they burst onto the musical scene in the '90s, 1994. this song "run around" made them a household name. blues traveler is our featured performance today on this summer concert series! john popper, the lead guy who often has a harmonica in his hands -- >> i hear i'm made of them. people say i'm made of them. >> brian: and do you have one. look at that, you brought it with you. do you know how to play it? >> yeah. we've been through this. i keep giving you -- yours keep disappearing. >> steve: i have mine. it's up in the drawer. what's i...

And thousands of american lives, karzai isn't happy with the united states' peacekeeping efforts in afghanistan. a professor of government and politics at george mason university authored this book called "leaving without losing: the war on terror, after iraq and afghanistan." professor, first off karzai. should we take each one of his complaints and do whatever he wants? >> no. i think that president karzai really has been a difficult character. he's been very unappreciative, it seems to me. obviously there are, have been problems, but he's not been an easy person to work with. and it strikes...

I thought president morsi might be different. elected guy. but he's turning out to be something of an authoritarian. he's the one who is going to eventually pay for this. >>brian: as you write in your book, people rise up, they protest like they say because they want to stay in this whole thing. maybe the future could look brighter. leaving without losing. professor, thank you so much. i wish i had you as a professor in school. those are lucky students at george mason. dr. mark katz. 20 after the hour. did santa get you something you don't want? up next, easy ways to turn bad gifts into cash. ...

>> clayton: i think it's the lack of focus on writing in school. when he we push just like math and science and test numbers and results now, no child left behind, all focused on standardized tests and no focus on writing. kids don't know how to write papers. >> alisyn: i'm getting e-mails from professionals and they're not copy editing not checking what they send out. it's happening in such quick final, air sending it out in such shorthand and hitting-- >> twitter didn't help, down to 140 characters and do the 2 for-- another one, when you say also, it's slo. people. and when it breaks down, ...