Telephone lines were open for comments on news of the day. Among the topics callers talked about were religious fundamentalists, earmark reform legislation, and the confirmation vote for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

A brief video clip of the C-SPAN School Bus was shown. The bus began a tour in Jonesboro, Arkansas and was in Orange County, California for the day. The bus was scheduled to reach San Diego, California on Monday, January 30, 2006. The tour was co-sponsored with Cox Communication Systems.