Friday, August 16, 2002

Baseball Strike?
Ray Suarez reports on the failed negotiations between Major League Baseball team owners and the players' union, resulting in an August 30 strike date.

Shields and Brooks
To discuss the political climate this week, Terence Smith talks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks of The Weekly Standard.

Bashing Daschle
Kwame Holman reports on Senate majority leader Tom Daschle's political opponents.

Clashing with Cairo
Yesterday members of the Bush administration announced that the U.S. will stop new aid to Egypt, in protest against the seven year jail term imposed against democracy activist and joint Egypt-U.S. citizen Saad Eddin Ibrahim. To discuss the impact this case has on the Arab world and on U.S.-Egyptian relations, Ray Suarez speaks with Mohammed Wahby, a columnist for Al-Musawar Magazine; and Fawaz Gerges, a professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College.

Thursday, August 15, 2002

Rough Air
Terence Smith provides a background report on these turbulent times for most major American airlines; then he speaks with Michael E. Levine, a professor of law at Yale University and former senior airline executive; and Paul Dempsey, director of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University and chairman of the board of directors for Frontier Airlines.

Bidding for Success
Spencer Michels reports on eBay's online success amid the dot-com failures.

Continental Divide
Ray Suarez discusses Mexican President Vincente Fox's response to the Texas death penalty sentencing of Javier Suarez Medina with Mary Jordan, Washington Post co-bureau chief in Mexico City. (Editor's Note: Segment included in 7:00pm and 9:00pm EDT broadcasts.)

Conversation: Men and Speed
Gwen Ifill talks with Wayne Miller about his new book Men and Speed: A Wild Ride Through NASCAR's Breakout Season.

Essay: Zero Times One
Richard Rodriguez reflects on the meaning of ground zero.
(Editor's Note: Segment included in 6:00pm EDT broadcast.)

Wednesday, August 14, 2002

Vouching for Veracity
Business corespondent Paul Solman reports on the newest test of corporate accountability.

For further analysis, Gwen Ifill talks with Linda Griggs, former chief counsel to the chief accountant of the SEC.

Policing Immigration
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting looks at how local police are fighting the war on terrorism.

Essay: Desert Religions
Richard Rodriguez reflects on the current state of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Friend or Foe?
Ray Suarez reports on the growing tension between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. To discuss two views on U.S.-Saudi relations, Suarez speaks with retired Col. Patrick Lang, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer for the Middle East, South Asia and terrorism; and Youssef Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former New York Times correspondent in the Middle East.

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

State of the Economy
Spencer Michels reports on President Bush's economic forum in Texas. For further analysis of the state of the U.S. economy, Gwen Ifill speaks with William Dunkelberg, professor of economics at Temple University; Nancy Kimelman, chief economist at SEI Investments; Jeff Madrick, contributing economics columnist at the New York Times and editor of Challenge Magazine; and Kim Wallace, chief political analyst at Lehman Brothers, a global investment bank.

Newsmaker: Mohammed Aldouri
For Iraq's perspective on the recent debate over arms inspections and removing Saddam Hussein from power, Ray Suarez interviews Mohammed Aldouri, Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations.

Paying for Birth Control
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on a battle over contraception in the Pacific Northwest.

Monday, August 12, 2002

Medical Privacy
Gwen Ifill examines the pros and cons of the new rules governing medical records with Janlori Goldman, director of the Health Privacy Project at Georgetown University, and Alan Mertz, executive vice president of the Health Care Leadership Council.

The General's Dilemma
Simon Marks presents the first in a series of reports on the conflict between India Pakistan and the disputed region of Kashmir.

Poverty's Children
Essayist Clarence Page of The Chicago Tribune considers the changing face of poverty.

Tom's Journal
Ray Suarez talks with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about his overseas reporting trip to the island nation of Sri Lanka and the Indian cities Bangalore and New Delhi.