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Wednesday, November 15, 2000

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The
Florida Recount
Betty Ann Bowser reports on today's events in Florida.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Monday, November 13, 2000

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