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Thursday,
April 14, 2005
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Struggle for Security
Two car bombs detonated outside an Iraqi police
ministry in Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 18 and wounding 36. Al-Qaida claimed
responsibility for this latest in a recent upswing in attacks. Jeffrey Brown gets
an update on the violence in Iraq from New York Times reporter Robert Worth.  
Gay
Marriage
On Thursday, Oregon's Supreme Court invalidated over 3,000
marriages that took place in Portland's Multnomah County last year. The court
ruled that gay marriages violated state law. In Connecticut, the state's House
of Representatives approved a same-sex civil union bill, but amended the measure
to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. Ray
Suarez leads a discussion on the debate over gay marriage with Kevin Cathcart,
executive director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Matt Daniels,
president of Alliance for Marriage. Dollars
for Scholars
Kwame Holman reports on Utah's battle with the Department
of Education over the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. The
Bolton Battle
Senate Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee
delayed the confirmation vote for U.N. ambassador designate John Bolton until
next week. Democrats are pushing for further testimony and hope to convince Sen.
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., to vote with them against Bolton. Jim Lehrer speaks
with Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and George Allen, R-Va., about the Bolton
confirmation process. |
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Wednesday,
April 13, 2005
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Bomber Eric Rudolph
As part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors,
Eric Rudolph, the man responsible for carrying out bombings against abortion clinics,
a gay nightclub and Atlanta's Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics,
pleaded guilty Tuesday. Terence Smith speaks with Atlanta Journal-Constitution
reporter Don Plummer, who was present in today's courtroom.
Flu
Fears
A deadly flu strain was inadvertently delivered to laboratories
in the United States and 17 other countries, leading health authorities to scramble
to find and destroy the specimen. Ray Suarez speaks with Dr. Julie Gerberding,
director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the need for
laboratories worldwide to destroy the vials.
Gays
in the Military
Kwame Holman reports on the latest controversy surrounding
gay men and women serving in the armed forces. War
and Remembrance in Lebanon
In Lebanon, people are commemorating the
30th anniversary of the 1975 civil war by taking part in national reconciliation
events across the country. Margaret Warner discusses the 30th anniversary with
Nabil Mallat, a law professor at St. Joseph University in Beirut.
Conversation:
Saturday
Author Ian McEwan joins correspondent Jeffrey Brown to discuss
his latest novel, "Saturday." |
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Tuesday,
April 12, 2005
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Plot
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that three men
have been indicted in connection to an alleged plot to attack financial institutions
in New York, northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C. New York Times reporter
David Johnston discusses the indictments.
Tough
Questions
John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for U.S. ambassador
to the United Nations, and John Negroponte, the nominee for director of national
intelligence, have faced intense questioning in Congress. Media correspondent
Terence Smith looks both hearings. Widening
Gap
The U.S. trade deficit grew to a record high of $61 billion in
February, due in part to high oil prices and Chinese imports. Terrence Straub,
senior vice president of U.S. Steel Corp., and Dan Shugar, president of PowerLight
Corp., a solar energy company, join Ray Suarez to discuss the growing gap. Too
Taxing
As the April 15 tax deadline approaches, business correspondent
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston reports on the difficulty of filing taxes. Conversation:
Vaccines
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer talks with David Oshinsky,
author of a new book about Jonas Salk and the anniversary of his creation of the
polio vaccine. Then,
Margaret Warner speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the life and work of Dr. Maurice Hilleman,
a microbiologist who developed vaccines for mumps, measles, chickenpox, pneumonia,
meningitis and other diseases. Hilleman died Monday at age 85. |
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Monday, April
11, 2005
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| | Tough
Questions for John Bolton
Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton faced tough questions about his
nomination from both Republican and Democratic senators over past critical comments
made about the United Nations. Members
of the United Nations also offer their perspective on the nomination of John Bolton
as the next U.S. ambassador to the UN.
Ray Suarez speaks with Jose Sorzano, deputy U.S. permanent representative to the
U.N. in the Reagan administration, and William Vanden Heuvel, deputy U.S. Permanent
representative to the U.N. in the Carter administration, about
Bolton's Senate confirmation hearing. Red
Sox: At Long Last
At Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox were presented with
their 2004 World Series rings before their Opening Day home opener against their
archrivals the New York Yankees. Terence Smith looks at Monday's presentation
of the championship rings to the Red Sox. Israel's
Settlement Policy
In a meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in
Crawford, Texas, President Bush praised Israel for its planned withdrawal from
the Gaza Strip this summer, but warned against building any new settlements in
the West Bank. Margaret
Warner leads a discussion on President Bush's meeting with Sharon with David Makovsky,
senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Hisham Melhem,
Washington bureau chief for the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. Tiger
Woods: Back on Top
Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters golf tournament
Sunday; his first major win since the 2002 U.S. Open. Terence Smith looks at Wood's
victory in Augusta, Ga. Essay:
Hard Rock
Essayist Clarence Page considers the longevity of rock and
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