Friday, June 17, 2005

Tyco Guilty Verdict
A New York state jury convicted two former Tyco executives -- Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz -- of taking $150 million from the company. They face up to 25 years in prison. Margaret Warner speaks with New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin about the guilty verdict.

Targeted Treatments
The Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday unanimously approved BiDiL, a prescription drug that treats congestive heart failure exclusively for African-Americans.

Jeffrey Brown leads a discussion on the controversial drug with Vivian Ota Wang from the National Human Genome Research Institute and Dr. Keith Ferdinand, a member of the Association of Black Cardiologists.

Town in Shock
Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on a central California town's reactions to the arrests and indictments of a father and son on terrorism-related charges.

Shields and Brooks
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin's comments regarding Guantanamo Bay and the Republican response.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Liberty and Security
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block a Patriot Act provision that allows the FBI to search library and bookstore records. Kwame Holman looks at the debate over the future of the Patriot Act.

Then Jeffrey Brown leads a discussion on what aspects of the Patriot Act should and should not be renewed with Ken Wainstein, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and Greg Nojeim, associate director and chief legislative counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Iran Votes
Eight candidates are running in Iran's presidential election Friday. Independent Television News reporter Lindsey Hilsum reports on the upcoming elections.

War Memos
Correspondent Terence Smith examines the growing controversy surrounding the "Downing Street memos" from 2002 about President Bush making the case to go to war in Iraq. The memos were recently leaked to the media.

Margaret Warner speaks with two former CIA officials, Ray McGovern and Reuel Gerecht, about the significance of the memos.

Conversation: Celebrating Einstein
It has been 100 years since Albert Einstein published his papers on the theory of relativitiy. Ray Suarez talks about the 100th anniversary with physicist Alan Lightman, author of “Einstein’s Dreams."

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Shutdown?
Activists and some politicians are calling for the closing of the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but Bush administration officials have said they have no plans to do so. Kwame Holman reports on Wednesday's Senate hearing about the detention center.

Margaret Warner leads a discussion on what should be done about the prison with Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont.

Tracking AIDS
More than 1 million Americans are HIV-positive, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ray Suarez talks about the report's findings with Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, deputy director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, and Phill Wilson, executive director of the Black AIDS Institute.

Lifting the Cap
Business correspondent Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston examines the argument that raising certain taxes could keep Social Security afloat.

Labor Pains
Five of the AFL-CIO's largest affiliates are breaking away from the labor union federation to form their own labor coalition.

Jeffrey Brown discusses the future of the AFL-CIO with Charles Heckscher, director of the Center for Workplace Transformation at Rutgers University's School of Management and Labor Relations, and Jonathan Tasini, president of the Economic Future Group.

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Struggle for Security
As insurgent violence continue and the number of deaths grows in Iraq, public support in the United States for the war appears to be decreasing. Gwen Ifill speaks with Edward Wong of the New York Times in Baghdad about the ongoing violence.

Then, Ifill talks with Andrew Kohut, executive director of the Pew Research Center, about the waning U.S. public support.

Conversation: War Crimes
Ray Suarez discusses the latest developments in the prosecution of war criminals from Yugoslavia's civil wars with Judge Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Rising Tide
Correspondent Saul Gonzales of KCET-Los Angeles looks at the growing popularity of the Protestant Church in Latin America and its potential impact on the Catholic Church.

Energy Policy
The Senate began floor debate today over an energy bill that the House of Representatives passed in April. Kwame Holman reports on the congressional battle over the long-stalled bill.

Jeffrey Brown leads a discussion on the bill with Mary O’Driscoll, reporter for Environment and Energy Daily, and Jason Grumet, executive director of the National Council on Energy Policy.

Monday, June 13, 2005

Inside Guantanamo
Jeffrey Brown talks with Adam Zagorin of Time magazine about the release of a log detailing the interrogation of the so-called “20th hijacker” at Guantanamo Bay prison.

Unwired
Correspondent Spencer Michels explores the new wireless technology used to connect computers to the Internet in this encore NewsHour report.

African Debt
In an effort to bolster struggling nations, G8 finance ministers have agreed to cancel the $40 billion debt that 18 countries owe to the World Bank, IMF and African Development Bank.

Ray Suarez leads a discussion about the agreement with George Ayittey, president of the Free Africa Foundation and economics professor at American University, and Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute and professor of development and health policy at Columbia University.

Lynching Apology
Gwen Ifill looks at the Senate’s vote to apologize for not outlawing lynching as a federal crime.

Essay: The Rising
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers the rise of religion in American life.