Friday, June 7, 2002

Newsmaker Interview: Andrew Card
After a report from Kwame Holman on President Bush's proposal for a new Cabinet post on homeland security, Margaret Warner discusses the plan with White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card.

Shields and Brooks
Jim Lehrer moderates this week's analysis by syndicated columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks of The Weekly Standard.

Doctor's Dilemma
Tom Bearden reports on a Medicare problem shared by doctors and patients.

Career Focus
Ray Suarez assesses the job market for new college graduates with Marilyn Mackes, executive director of the National Association of Colleges and Employers; Brian Kreeger, founder and president of collegegrad.com, an entry-level job site for college students and recent graduates; and Cecilia Conrad, a labor economist who teaches at Pomona College in California.

Thursday, June 6, 2002

Address from President Bush
After 8pm EDT: President Bush proposes the creation of a new Cabinet-level position to spearhead U.S. homeland security efforts.

Connecting the Dots
Kwame Holman begins with a report on today's Senate hearing on the FBI. Margaret Warner then discusses the hearings with two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Sen. Arlen Specter (R- Penn.) and two members of the House Joint Intelligence Inquiry into 9/11, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia).

Update: Cycle of Violence
For a look at the Israeli response to the latest suicide bombing, Ray Suarez talks with Daniel Williams, a correspondent in Jerusalem for The Washington Post.

Encore: Searching for Youth
Another look at a report from Terence Smith on the trend toward youth in news organizations.

Wednesday, June 5, 2002

Cycle of Violence
After a report from Independent Television News on the latest bombing in Israel, Terence Smith discusses the situation in the Middle East with Dan Ephron, a Newsweek correspondent based in Jerusalem.

Confrontation
Two views on the India-Pakistan conflict from their U.S. ambassadors. First, Gwen Ifill talks to Pakistani Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi.

Then, Margaret Warner talks to Indian Ambassador Lalit Mansingh.

College Costs
Lee Hochberg reports on the rising costs of college tuition.

Odd Couple
Kwame Holman reports on the unusual pairing of U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and rock star Bono in an effort to bring attention to poverty in Africa.

Tuesday, June 4, 2002

What Went Wrong?
Jim Lehrer discusses the congressional investigation into what went wrong before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with the chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and the vice-chairman, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).

Update: Church in Crisis
Gwen Ifill looks at the latest developments in the child abuse scandal facing the Catholic Church with Bishop Joseph Galante of Dallas.

Not in My State
Tom Bearden reports on the debate over what to do with plutonium from the nation's nuclear weapons plants.

Troubled Giant
Terence Smith discusses the accounting troubles at Tyco International with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management.

Royal Jubilee
Kwame Holman reports on the royal celebration in Britain honoring Queen Elizabeth's fiftieth year on the throne.

Monday, June 3, 2002

Failure to Communicate
Two perspectives on reports that the Central Intelligence Agency was slow to relay information about two of the 9/11 hijackers.

First, Terence Smith talks with Newsweek Washington Bureau Chief Daniel Klaidman, co-author of the the first news story about the communication lapse.

Then, Jim Lehrer talks with Warren Rudman, former member of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee and former head of a commission that warned last year of a major terrorist attack in the U.S., and Robert Baer who served for 21 years as a case officer in the CIA Directorate of Operations and recently wrote a book about his experiences.

Cutting Costs
Susan Dentzer of the NewsHour Health Unit reports on how millions of seniors are turning to discount plans to cut down on prescription drug costs.

Online Music
In the wake of music-sharing company Napster's bankruptcy filing, Margaret Warner talks to P.J. McNealy, research director of the media department in the technology research consulting firm Gartner G2, about the future of online music.

Stage Scene
For a discussion of the recent Tony awards and the state of American theater, Gwen Ifill talks to Carey Perloff, artistic director of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who won a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for her play, "The Heidi Chronicles."