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  •  for the week of May 1-5, 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, May 5, 2000


     

    Bug Bytes
    Mark Rasch, former Justice Department computer crimes prosecutor, Jim Yost, chief information officer at Ford Motor Company, which was hit by the virus, and Dan Schrader, chief security analyst for Trend Micro Inc. give an update on the changing virus that has crippled government offices and businesses in the past few days.realaudio

    Silent Killer
    Are doctors reading the signs of high blood pressure correctly? Dr. Ed Roccella, coordinator of the high blood pressure education program at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute discusses the new findings.realaudio

    Peru's Challenger
    Alejandro Toledo, the Peruvian opposition leader, talks about his challenge to President Alberto Fujimori and the issues that have become important in his campaign. realaudio

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


    Thursday, May 4, 2000


     

    Arms Control, Again
    After a seven-year deadlock, the Russian parliment approves START II, and President Putin threatens to end arms negotiations if the U.S. builds a missile defense system. Edward Warner, assistant secretary of defense and the Pentagon's senior representative to the arms control talks with Russia; Stephen Cambone, director of research at National Defense University; and Bruce Blair, president of the Center for Defense Information; give three different perspectives on upcoming arms control negotiations with Russia.

    Crisis in Sierra Leone
    Colum Lynch, U.N. correspondent for the Washington Post, and Ibrahim Kamara, Sierra Leone's ambassador to the United Nations, talk about the peacekeeping crisis in Africa's Sierra Leone. realaudioSpecial

    Series: The Legacy of Vietnam
    In another of our reports on the legacy of the Vietnam War, the story of a group of immigrants, the Hmong, who came to the United States from Laos. Correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro from KTCA, Minneapolis-St Paul reports.Specialrealaudio

    Remembering Cardinal John O'Connor
    Scott Appleby, director of the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame and Monseignieur Philip Murnion, director of the National Pastoral Life Center and a priest of the archdiocese of New York, remember the cardinal, who died yesterday.


    Wednesday, May 3, 2000


     

    Island Showdown
    Representative Jose Serrano, a Democrat from New York, and Democratic Delegate Carlos Romero-Barcelo, from Puerto Rico, talk about the showdown between the U.S. government and some Puerto Rican citizens. realaudio

    Sanctioning Iraq
    Hans Von Sponeck, the United Nations Humanitarian coordinator for Iraq from October 1998 until this past March when he resigned in protest, and Patrick Clawson, director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, debate the necessity for the current sanctions against Iraq.realaudio

    Clean Cars
    Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on building cleaner cars.

    Conversation:James MacGregor Burns
    Author James MacGregor Burns talks to senior correspondent Margaret Warner about his recently released book, Dead Center: Clinton-Gore Leadership and the Perils of Moderation.


    Tuesday, May 2, 2000


     

    Newsmaker: Sandy Berger
    National Security Advisor Sandy Berger discusses the impact of AIDS on National Security. realaudioSpecial

    Battling Behemoths
    Now that Time-Warner is returning ABC to its cable selection, Bruce Leichtman, director of media and entertainment strategies for the Yankee Group and Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Media Education, examine possible outcomes in the legal battle between Disney and Time-Warner. realaudio

    Series: The Legacy of Vietnam
    Sixth in our reports on the legacy of the Vietnam War, seven Senators who served in Vietnam talk about their experiences. John McCain (R-AZ), Bob Smith (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Bob Kerrey (D-NE), Max Cleland (D-GA), John Kerry (D-MA), and Charles Robb (D-VA) discuss how their war experiences affect their policies and lives.realaudioSpecial

    Essay:Something of Value
    A Roger Rosenblatt essay about a book of photographs of African rites and rituals.


    Monday, May 1, 2000


     

    Microsoft Breakup?
    Katie Hafner, a technology reporter with The New York Times; Jaron Lanier, a computer scientist, artist, and author; and Paul Kadrosky, a former Wall Street analyst who teaches information technology and commerce at the University of British Columbia give a variety of non-legal views on breaking up Microsoft. realaudio

    Series: The Legacy of Vietnam
    Fifth in our reports on the legacy of the Vietnam War, 25 years after the American withdrawl. In 1990, senior correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth made a documentary about a village near Danang, ten years later she finds a town still recovering from the war. realaudio

    Forest Fight
    Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on a fight over forests in the southeast United States.

    Conversation: Lou Cannon
    Author Lou Cannon talks to Media Correspondent Terence Smith about his new book, President Reagan: the Role of a Lifetime.

    Favorite Poem Project
    U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project continues with a young marine reading William Butler Yeats poem, Politics.

     
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