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  • November 13-17, 2000

    Note: All segments listed for tonight's broadcast are subject to change. Transcripts
    are usually available within 24 hours of broadcast. Segments broadcast on Fridays are available the following Monday.


    Days of the week


    Friday, November 17, 2000


     

    The Florida Recount
    Betty Ann Bowser reports on today's election news from Florida.realaudio

    Legal Issues
    Margaret Warner discusses the Florida Supreme Court decision to block a certification of the vote. She's joined by former Florida Supreme Court Justice Gerald Kogan and Pam Karlan, professor of election law at Stanford University Law School.realaudio

    Shields And Gigot
    Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot discuss the Florida recount and today's state Supreme Court decision.realaudio

    Campus Views
    Ray Suarez talks to a group of community college students in Cheyenne, Wyoming, about this year's election controversy.realaudio

    Perspectives
    Presidential historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss, journalist and author Haynes Johnson, and Joan Hoff, a visiting professor of history at the College of William and Mary, offer analysis of this year's election.realaudio

     


    Thursday, November 16, 2000


     

    The Florida Recount
    Betty Ann Bowser reports on today's events in Florida.realaudio

    Legal Issues
    Margaret Warner discusses Florida's election law and the make-up of its highest court with former Florida Supreme Court Justice Gerald Cogan and Pam Karlan, professor of election law at Stanford University Law School.realaudio

    Courting Public Opinion
    After excerpts from Al Gore's compromise offer and George W. Bush's subsequent rejection, Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses the Florida recount controversy with a group of Denver voters.realaudio

    Next Moves
    Jim Lehrer discusses this year's drawn-out electoral process with four senators: Republican Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas, Republican Bob Bennett of Utah, Democrat Barbara Boxer of California, and Democrat Richard Durbin of Illinois. realaudio

     


    Wednesday, November 15, 2000


     

    The Florida Recount
    Betty Ann Bowser reports on today's events in Florida.realaudio

    Legal Issues
    Margaret Warner discusses election law with Lance DeHaven-Smith, associate director of the Florida Institute of Government at Florida State University, and Pam Karlan, an election specialist at Stanford University Law School.realaudio

    View From Abroad
    Terence Smith talks with a panel of four foreign journalists about coverage of the U.S. election in their home countries. Ana Baron of the Argentinean newspaper Clarin, Satoru Suzuki of the Japanese television network Asahi, Claus Kleber of the German television network ARD, and Silvie Kauffmann of the French newspaper Le Monde.realaudio

    Markets And Politics
    Jim Lehrer discusses the effect of the drawn-out electoral process on the stock market with Robert Hormats, vice president of Goldman Sachs; and Daniel Gross, author of Bull Run: Wall Street, the Democrats, and the New Politics of Personal Finance.realaudio

    Culture and Politics
    Gwen Ifill examines the election deadlock with Rodolfo de la Garza, vice president of the Thomas Rivera Policy Institute; Abigail Thernstrom, co-author of America in Black and White; Dinesh D'Souza, author of Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus; and Ethel Klein, author of Gender Politics.realaudio

     


    Tuesday, November 14, 2000


     

    The Florida Recount
    Betty Ann Bowser reports on today's developments in Florida.realaudio

    Legal Battles
    Gwen Ifill discusses Florida election law with John Mills, interim dean of the University of Florida law school and a former Democratic state representative; and Lance deHaven-Smith, associate director of the Institute of Government at Florida State University. realaudio

    Next Move
    Jim Lehrer discusses this year's historic election with four former U.S. Senators: Republicans Alan Simpson of Wyoming and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire; and Democrats George Mitchell of Maine and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas.realaudio

    Editorial Perspective
    Terence Smith talks with four newspaper columnists: Clarence Page of The Chicago Tribune, syndicated columnist Jim Hoagland, Anthony Lewis of The New York Times, and John Leo of US News & World Report. realaudio

     


    Monday, November 13, 2000


     

    The Florida Recount
    Betty Ann Bowser reports as this year's election controversy moves into the courts.realaudio

    Democrats Respond
    After excerpts from statements by Vice President Gore, Jim Lehrer interviews Ron Klain, the vice president's former chief of staff who is now heading Gore's legal operation in Florida.realaudio

    Republicans Respond
    After excerpts from statements by Bush campaign spokesman and former Secretary of State James Baker, Jim Lehrer interviews Theodore Olson, the attorney who argued the Bush case in Miami federal court this morning.realaudio

    Legal Challenges
    Gwen Ifill discusses the legal issues at the center of the Florida recount with Bill Lash of George Mason University, Roy Schotland of Georgetown University, Brenda Wright of the National Voting Rights Institute, and Richard Briffault of Columbia University. realaudio

    106th Congress
    After a background report, Margaret Warner discusses the current political landscape with four of newly elected members of Congress: Republican Sally Moore Capito of West Virginia, Republican Pat Tiberi of Ohio, Democrat Steve Israel of New York, and Democrat Brad Carson of Oklahoma.realaudio

     

     
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