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  • March 5 - 9, 2001

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    Days of the week


    Friday, March 9, 2001

     

    Having Their Say
    Kwame Holman looks at the economics of tax cuts, bankruptcy, ergonomics of the workplace, and how President Bush relates to Congress.

    Political Wrap
    David Brooks of The Weekly Standard and Tom Oliphant of The Boston Globe discuss the week in politics.realaudio

    Update: Troubled Bird
    Ray Suarez looks at the latest developments in the story of the tilt-rotor Osprey military aircraft.realaudio

    Evening News Evolution
    The new world of nightly news in the age of media consolidation.realaudio

    Essay: One Nation Under God
    Roger Rosenblatt considers the church and state relationship.

     


    Thursday, March 8, 2001

     

    Tax Fight
    Margaret Warner talks about President Bush's tax cut with GOP Senators Olympia Snowe of Maine and Larry Craig of Idaho, and Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California and Richard Durbin of Illinois. realaudio

    Update: Sub Collision
    Ray Suarez talks with Jay Fidell, who has been attending the Navy's court of inquiry into the fatal collision of the U.S.S. Greeneville with the Japanese trawler Ehime Maru. realaudio

    Slavery in America
    Jeffrey Kaye reports on immigrants smuggled into the U.S. and forced to live as slaves. realaudio

     


    Wednesday, March 7, 2001

     

    The Korea Question
    President Bush met today with President Kim of South Korea, saying the U.S. will not resume negotiations with its communist neighbor to the north. After a background report, Margaret Warner talks with Wendy Sherman, special adviser to President Clinton on Korea; Douglas Paal, Asian affairs director in the Reagan and first Bush administrations; and author Chuck Downs, foreign affairs adviser to the House Republican Policy Committee.realaudio

    Ergonomic Debate
    Congress considers repealing Clinton administration ergonomic regulations designed to prevent repetitive motion injuries in the workplace. Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill.

    Managing the Message
    How well has the Bush team controlled media coverage in the early days of the administration? Gwen Ifill talks with Jody Powell, press secretary to President Carter; Michael Deaver, deputy chief of staff to President Reagan; Ann Lewis, a former Clinton adviser; and David Gergen, who has worked for the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton administrations.realaudio

     


    Tuesday, March 6, 2001

      Heart Stents
    Susan Dentzer looks at the device that doctors used to treat Vice President Cheney's heart condition.realaudio

    School Shooting
    Santee High School was closed today in the aftermath of yesterday's shooting. After a background report, Gwen Ifill talks with San Diego District Attorney Paul Pfingst, clinical psychologist Marc Norman, and child psychiatrist Dr. Joan Kinlan.realaudio

    Court of Inquiry
    The U.S. Navy opened a formal investigation yesterday into the fatal collision of the U.S.S. Greeneville and a Japanese fishing boat. Ray Suarez talks with attorney and former Coast Guard legal officer Jay Fidell about the inquiry. realaudio

     


    Monday, March 5, 2001

     

    School Shooting
    Tom Bearden reports on the high school student who apparently killed two and wounded 13 today. realaudio

    Cheney Hospitalized
    Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart attacks, checked himself into a hospital today with chest pains. Jim Lehrer talks with Dr. David Pearle, director of the coronary care unit at Georgetown University Hospital. realaudio

    Civilians on Board
    Ray Suarez talks with Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral Craig Quigley, retired Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan, and National Journal columnist George Wilson about the inquiry into the fatal collision of the U.S.S. Greeneville and a Japanese fishing boat. realaudio

    Breaking the Cycle
    Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television looks at Minnesota's approach to welfare reform.

     
     

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