Friday, March 22, 2002

Foreign Aid
Kwame Holman reports on the World Poverty Summit in Mexico. For more about the conference in Monterrey, Margaret Warner talks to James Wolfensohn, president of The World Bank, and Trevor Manuel, South Africa's finance minister.

Dangerous Land
Ray Suarez looks at the internal political and military situation in Afghanistan. For more, he turns to Ahmed Rashid, who covers Southern Asia for The Wall Street Journal, The Far Eastern Economic Review, and The Daily Telegraph; and Ali Jalali, a former Afghan Army Colonel who co-authored The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahadeen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War. Both recently returned from Afghanistan.

Fit for Life
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on a new kind of physical education program aimed at helping children live healthier lives.

Political Wrap
Jim Lehrer discusses campaign finance reform, the new military tribunal guidelines and Jane Swift's withdrawal from the Massachusetts gubernatorial race with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and The Weekly Standard's David Brooks.

Thursday, March 21, 2002

Newsmaker: Paul Wolfowitz
Jim Lehrer talks to Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.

Under the Gun
After an update on today's developments in the Middle East, Margaret Warner talks to The New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief James Bennet about the many implications of Israel's decision to withdraw from U.S.-sponsored cease-fire talks after a suicide bomber killed three Israelis today.

The Long Fall
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET Los Angeles reports on the corporate collapse of Global Crossing.

Director's Art
Ray Suarez talks about movie-making and the Oscars with first-time nominee director Todd Field.

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Setting Limits
Kwame Holman reports on the campaign finance reform victory on the Hill today.

For more details, Margaret Warner talks with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), co-sponsor of the campaign finance bill; and Sen. Mitch McConnell of (R-Ky.), one of its chief opponents.

Nuclear Waste
Tom Bearden reports on the continuing dispute over storing nuclear waste in Nevada's Yucca Mountain.

Health Care Divide
Gwen Ifill reports on the results of a new study released today which finds wide discrepancies in the health care received by whites and members of minority groups.

To discuss the study and its implications, she turns to Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, senior vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Dr. Joseph Betancourt, a senior scientist in the Institute for Health Policy at Harvard Medical School.

Conversation: Fatina Shaker
Elizabeth Farnsworth talks to Fatina Shaker, a Saudi-Arabian sociologist who has written about women's issues, religion, and politics.

Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Merger Showdown
Spencer Michels reports on Hewlett-Packard's battle to merge with computer-maker Compaq.

For more on today's shareholder vote, Margaret Warner talks to Roger McNamee, co-founder of Integral Capital Partners, a technology investment firm in Silicon Valley; Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, a Web site that serves as a watchdog on corporate governance; and Steve Lohr, technology reporter for The New York Times.

Enron Trading Risks
Paul Solman of WGBH Boston reports on Enron's gambles and losses in the futures market.

Supreme Court Watch
Gwen Ifill talks with Jan Crawford Greenburg, Supreme Court reporter for The Chicago Tribune, about today's arguments regarding drug testing in schools.

Making Martyrs
Martin Himmel reports on the role of Palestinian suicide bombers in the Middle East conflict.

Monday, March 18, 2002

Newsmaker: Mariane Pearl
Jim Lehrer interviews Mariane Pearl, the widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan.

Supreme Court Watch
Margaret Warner talks with Washington bureau chief and The American Lawyer court reporter Marcia Coyle about today's arguments on whether a citizen can sue government officials over misinformation.

Defense Dollars
Ray Suarez takes a look at how much military spending is enough for the war on terrorism.

Friday, March 15, 2002

Judging Insanity
Kwame Holman looks at the legal questions raised by Andrea Yates' insanity defense in Texas.

For more, Margaret Warner turns to Jennifer Bard, a lawyer and a professor at the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston; and John Bradley, the District Attorney for Williamson County in Texas.

Called into Account
Ray Suarez reports on the charges against Arthur Andersen, the first criminal action to come from the collapse of Enron and also the first corporation formally charged in an indictment.

For more, he talks to The New York Times' chief financial correspondent Floyd Norris and Jennifer Arlen, a visiting professor of Securities Law and Business Crime at Yale University.

Bush and Defense
Excerpts from President Bush's speech on defense.

Political Wrap
Jim Lehrer discusses the failed nomination of Judge Pickering, the visas issued by the INS to the September 11 hijackers three months after the attacks, and other political matters with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and The Weekly Standard's David Brooks.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Robert Pinsky reads a W.B. Yeats poem in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.