Friday, May 3, 2002

Economic Directions
With unemployment reaching 6 percent, Ray Suarez discusses the economic landscape with Gretchen Morgenson, financial writer and columnist for The New York Times, and Ed Montgomery, professor of economics at the University of Maryland and former deputy labor secretary during the Clinton administration.

Revisiting Welfare
As the 1997 Welfare Reform Law comes up for reauthorization, Betty Ann Bowser looks at the impact it has had in the state of Connecticut.

Arming Pilots
Kwame Holman reports on the debate over guns in the cockpit. Elizabeth Farnsworth leads a debate with Captain Stephen Luckey, chair of the National Security Committee of the Airline Pilots Association; Patricia Friend, president of the Association of Flight Attendants; and Michael Goldfarb, former chief of staff of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Shields and Brooks
Terence Smith moderates this week's commentary from syndicated columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks of The Weekly Standard.

Thursday, May 2, 2002

Moving On

For an assessment of the region's future, Jim Lehrer talks to Joel Singer, former legal advisor to the Israeli Defense and Foreign Ministries; Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development at the University of Maryland; and David Shipler, former New York Times bureau chief and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Young Scientists
John Merrow presents the third part of his series on high school science students.

The Vice President of China
Ray Suarez reports on the man who is expected to become the next leader of China, Hu Jintao. For a closer look, Suarez talks with John Tkacik, former chief of the China division at the State Department's Intelligence and Research Bureau; and Minxin Pei, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Wednesday, May 1, 2002

Legal Limbo
Gwen Ifill talks with National Public Radio correspondent David Molpus about what lies ahead for detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Then, Margaret Warner talks with Ruth Wedgwood, professor of international law at Yale Law School and Johns Hopkins University; and David Cole, law professor at Georgetown University Law Center for legal analysis.

Behind the Collapse
Tom Bearden explores what caused the World Trade Center towers to finally collapse on September 11.

Boom and Bust
Ray Suarez looks into the rise and fall of WorldCom, once a major player in the telecommunications industry, with Blair Levin, telecommunications analyst at Legg Mason and former chief of staff at the FCC; and Anna-Maria Kovacs, a telecommunications analyst with Commerce Capital Markets, an institutional research and investment banking firm.

Conversation: Horse of a Different Color
Terence Smith talks to Jim Squires, author of a new book on the running of the Kentucky Derby: Horse of a Different Color: A Tale of Breeding Geniuses, Dominant Females and the Fastest Derby Winner Since Secretariat.

Tuesday, April 30, 2002

Focus: Staying in Power
Gwen Ifill reports on the referendum vote in Pakistan on whether President Pervez Musharraf should remain in office another five years. For analysis, Ifill talks to Zamir Akrami, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C. and Dennis Kux, a retired State Department official who specialized in South Asian affairs and authored a book on U.S.-Pakistani relations.

How We Live
The first installment of a new series examining issues affecting people's daily lives. Ray Suarez has the first report which looks at urban sprawl in Atlanta, Georgia.

Newsmaker: Joschka Fischer
Jim Lehrer talks with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer about how to move toward peace in the Middle East.

Monday, April 29, 2002

Stalemate Broken?
Independent Television News reports on the Middle East agreement that would allow Yasser Arafat to leave his besieged compound. For more on this development, Gwen Ifill talks with Hisham Melhem, Washington correspondent for the Beirut newspaper As-Safir, and David Makovsky, a senior fellow for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

World Views
For an assessment of President Bush's foreign policy, Margaret Warner talks to William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard; Jessica Tuchman Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International.

Update: Church in Crisis
Correspondent Elizabeth Brackett reports on the return of Cardinal George to his archdiocese in Chicago after attending last week's meetings at the Vatican.

Conversation: The Republic of East L.A.
Ray Suarez talks with author Luis J. Rodriguez about his book The Republic of East L.A.

Essay: Kids with Cameras
Anne Taylor Fleming presents an essay on how children in Los Angeles picture life in South Africa.