Friday, October 11, 2002

Nobel Peace Prize
After Tom Bearden reports on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to former President Jimmy Carter, Ray Suarez discusses the award with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Mr. Carter's former national security adviser; historian Douglas Brinkley, author of a book about Mr. Carter's post-White House years; and Marshall Frady, who covered Mr. Carter in Georgia and has written several books about the South and southern political figures.

College Perspectives
For the campus perspective on the Iraq debate, Terence Smith speaks with four college newspaper writers.

Brooks and Oliphant
David Brooks of the Weekly Standard and Tom Oliphant of the Boston Globe analyze the week in politics.

Thursday, October 10, 2002

Sniper Attacks
Ray Suarez discusses the latest in the Washington, D.C. area sniper case with Arnett Gaston, associate professor at the University of Maryland's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Talk of War
Kwame Holman reports on the House's passage of an Iraq resolution and the continuing Iraq debate in the Senate.

Tracking Terrorism
Margaret Warner examines the terrorist threat still posed by al-Qaida with Christopher Cooper, who covers the Pentagon and State Department for The Wall Street Journal; Walter Pincus, who covers intelligence for The Washington Post; and Eric Schmitt, who covers the Pentagon for The New York Times.

Profits and Principles
Jeffrey Kaye looks at two companies in Southern California that are trying to prove that the garment business can make a profit without exploiting their workers.

Nobel Prize for Literature
Jim Lehrer discusses the work of Hungarian writer Imre Kertesz, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, with Katharina Wilson, translator for two of the author's novels and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Georgia.

Wednesday, October 9, 2002

Newsmaker: Hans Blix
Hans Blix, the United Nations' lead weapons inspector, discusses the upcoming round of inspections his team plans to perform in Iraq.

Talk of War
Kwame Holman reports on the congressional debate over a potential resolution on Iraq.

Copyright Law
Gwen Ifill speaks with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune about the Supreme Court's consideration of a copyright case.

Desert Deaths
Ted Robbins of KUAT-Phoenix reports on the effort to save lives along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Margaret Warner speaks with John Fenn, one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry and a research professor of chemistry and engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

Tuesday, October 8, 2002

On the Waterfront
Margaret Warner examines President Bush's decision to ask for a court order reopening 29 West Coast ports with Harley Shaiken, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and Charles Craver, a professor of labor and employment law at George Washington University Law School.

Call to Action - Denver Views
Excerpts from President Bush's speech Monday night in Cincinnati calling for the U.S. Congress and the United Nations to pass resolutions promising stiff penalties if Iraq does not disarm.

Spencer Michels speaks with a group of voters in Denver to discuss the public's view of taking action against Iraq.

Talk of War
Kwame Holman reports on the congressional debate over war in Iraq.

On the Front Line
Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from an air base in Turkey that may serve as a major outpost in the event of a war with Iraq.

Nobel Prize
Ray Suarez speaks with Riccardo Giacconi, one of today's winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Monday, October 7, 2002

Talk of War
Kwame Holman reports with excerpts from the continuing Senate debate over the use of force against Iraq.

For analysis on how this talk of war affects the public opinion polls, Jim Lehrer speaks with Andrew Kohut of the Pew Center for the People and the Press and Steven Kull of the Program on International Policy at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs.

A Representative of the People
Lee Hochberg reports on the homecoming of a Washington state congressman who returned from a visit to Baghdad suggesting that President Bush is misleading Americans about the need for war in Iraq.

First Monday in October
Gwen Ifill provides a preview of the U.S. Supreme Court's cases this session. For more information, she speaks with Jan Crawford Greenburg, who covers the Supreme Court for the Chicago Tribune.

Angry Harvest
Betty Ann Bowser updates a story about the fallout from a lawsuit brought by African-American farmers against the Department of Agriculture three years ago.

Sinking Feeling
Former poet laureate and NewsHour contributor Robert Pinsky offers some poetic solace to those hit hard by the stock market.