Friday, August 9, 2002

Newsmaker: Maher Al-Masri
Ray Suarez talks with the Palestinian Economics Minister Maher Al-Masri, who is visiting Washington this week to speak with Secretary of State Colin Powell and other administration officials.

Fire Policy
Betty Ann Bowser presents the second of two reports on fighting the fires in the West.

Book Battle
Terence Smith reports on the current religious debate over required reading in North Carolina.

Shields and Lowry
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Richard Lowry of The National Review discuss the week's headlines.

Thursday, August 8, 2002

Opposing Saddam
Kwame Holman reports on the Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein. For further analysis, Margaret Warner gets perspective from Sharif Ali Bin Al Hussein, leader of the Constitutional Monarchy Movement and heir to the Iraqi throne, and Barham Salih, the prime minister of the government that controls the American- and British-protected Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

Fire Policy
Betty Ann Bowser presents the first of two reports on fighting the fires in the West.

Bailing Out Brazil
Ray Suarez reports on the International Monetary Fund’s $30 billion package to bail out Brazil’s failing economy. Joining him for analysis are Ruben Barbosa, Brazil’s ambassador to the United States, and Peter Hakim, president of Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based research group focusing on Latin America.

ImClone Implodes
Jim Lehrer speaks with Catherine Arnst, a senior writer for Business Week magazine, about the latest episode in the crackdown on corporate abuse.

Wednesday, August 7, 2002

Threat and Response
Terence Smith looks at the Bush administration's efforts to weigh its options on Iraq with Trudy Rubin, "Worldview" columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer; John Diaz, editorial page editor of the San Francisco Chronicle; Jay Bookman, columnist and deputy editorial page editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Joseph Perkins, a columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

New Leader
Ray Suarez profiles Alvaro Uribe, Colombia’s newly sworn-in president, who won the election with promises to crack down on Marxist guerrillas and pledges to make a greater effort in the war on drugs.

Election Season
Kwame Holman reports on the effects of redistricting with a look at yesterday’s Michigan primary. For further analysis, Margaret Warner talks with Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Essay: Breaking Up
Ann Taylor Fleming looks at the future of Los Angeles.

Tuesday, August 6, 2002

Inspecting Iraq
Kwame Holman provides an updated look at the Iraq weapons inspections give-and-take. Then, Margaret Warner discusses the possible political ramifications of the Iraqi offers with Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, and Patrick Clawson, the deputy director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Politics of Trade
Paul Solman reports on the ongoing international fight over the steel trade.

Advancing Virus
Ray Suarez provides the latest news on the West Nile virus, and leads a discussion with Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control, and David Hood, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.

Salvaging History
Jim Lehrer reports on the efforts to recover the remains of the Civil War-era ship the USS Monitor with Captain Craig McLean, director of Ocean Exploration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Monday, August 5, 2002

Naming the Detainees
Jim Lehrer discusses the recent federal court order requiring the Justice Department to release the names of the September 11th detainees with Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies; and Victoria Toensing, former deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration.

Advertising Angst
Terence Smith reports on how the advertising crush is affecting the television and print media businesses.

Widening Worries
Kwame Holman looks at the economic crisis in Uruguay and its neighboring countries Argentina and Brazil. Then, Margaret Warner speaks with Jerry O’Driscoll, director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at the Heritage Foundation; Nancy Birdsall, president of the Center for Global Development; and Walter Molano, chief Latin economist at BCP Securities.

At the Movies
Richard Rodriguez of the Pacific News Service brings us an essay about the movies.