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  •  for the week of April 17 - 21, 2000

    Note: All segments listed for tonight's broadcast are subject to change. Transcripts
    are usually available online no more than 24 hours after a segment airs. Segments
    broadcast on Fridays are available the following Monday.


    Days of the week


    Friday, April 21, 2000


     

    Fields of Fear
    Tichaona Jokonya, Zimbabwe's permanent representative to the U.N., Richard Joseph, a political science professor at Emory University and Salih Booker, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations look at the deadly conflict over land in the African nation of Zimbabwe.realaudio

    Teaching Religion
    Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on teaching religion in public schools.realaudio

    Political Wrap
    Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot offer end of the week commentary.realaudio

    Conversation with Michael S. Sanders
    Michael S. Sanders talks about his book, The Yard , which focuses on a Maine shipyard.


    Thursday, April 20, 2000


     

    Rule of Law
    Examining the legalities surrounding the custody battle over Elian Gonzalez. Alexander Aleinikoff, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, who was general counsel during President Clinton's first term and Grover Joseph Rees, staff director and chief counsel for a House International Relations subcommittee, who was INS general counsel during the Bush Administration.realaudio

    Going Forward
    Betty Ann Bowser reports on the anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School.realaudio

    Series: The Legacy of Vietnam
    The third of our discussions on the Vietnam War. We examine the impact the war had on journalism and media. Terence Smith is joined by Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN, Ken Bacon, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, David Greenway, editorial page editor of The Boston Globe, and Morley Safer, CBS News correspondent and co-editor of 60 Minutes.realaudioonline special


    Wednesday, April 19, 2000


     

    Supreme Court Watch
    NewsHour regular Jan Crawford Greenburg, national legal affairs correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, talks about the arguments that were heard by the Supreme Court today on Miranda rights. realaudio

    Focus: Miranda Rights
    A discussion of today's Miranda ruling from the perspective of police officers. Joseph McNamara is the former police chief of San Jose, and Gilbert Gallegos is the former deputy police chief of Albuquerque.realaudio

    Healing the Pain
    Betty Ann Bowser revisits the Oklahoma City bombing victims and today's memorial ceremonies.realaudio

    Tragic Enemies
    Africa's forgotten war: the deadly border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

    Conversation with C.K. Williams
    The winner of this year's Pulitzer prize for poetry, C.K. Williams, talks about his book of poems, Repair.


    Tuesday, April 18, 2000


     

    Delicate Balance
    Selling weapons to Taiwan: President Clinton's proposal, Congress' response and China's reaction. Guests include: Walter Slocombe, the Under Secretary of Defense, Sen. Jon Kyl from the Senate Intelligence Committee, Michael Oksenberg, a senior fellow at the Asia/ Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, Colonel Larry Wortzel, the Army's defense attache to China-1995 to 1997, he is now director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation.realaudioonline special

    Human Cargo
    Smugglers are storing illegal Chinese refugees, desperate to reach the United States, in ship containers. We have a report form Mike James of KCTS, Seattle. realaudioonline special

    Conversation with Lewis Spratlan
    The winner of this year's Pulitzer prize for music, Lewis Spratlan, talks about his work: Life Is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version.

    Limited Access
    Tom Bearden reports on the conflict between tourism and conservation in The White River National Forrest in Colorado.realaudio


    Monday, April 17, 2000


     

    Damage Assessment
    Updating the turns and twists of recent market jitters. Guests are Henry Hu, a professor of banking and finance law at the University of Texas, Bob Walberg, chief equity analyst at Briefing Dot Com, an online research and analysis firm and John Steele Gordon, author of The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power.realaudio

    Global Views
    The IMF and the World Bank are causing concern among international economic and financial circles. In our roundtable to cover these concerns is Joseph Stiglitz, special advisor to the president at the World Bank, Allan Meltzer, professor of political economy at Carnegie Mellon University and chair of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics and Bob Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, International.realaudioonline special

    Conversation with David M. Kennedy
    A conversation with the winner of this year's Pulitzer prize for history, David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.

    Favorite Poems Project
    Another poem from Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's project of asking Americans to read their favorite poem. Pove Chin, a Stockton, California student whose family immigrated to the U.S. from Cambodia, reads a poem by Langston Hughes.


     
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