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Friday, June
24, 2005
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Votes
Iranians headed to the polls Friday to choose a president in
a run-off election between former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and conservative
opponent Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ray Suarez speaks with Farnaz Fassihi
of the Wall Street Journal about the election.  
Seizing Private Property
Margaret Warner leads a discussion on Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on a New
London, Conn. eminent domain case with Bart Peterson, mayor of Indianapolis, and
John Norquist, former mayor of Milwaukee and president and CEO of the Congress
for New Urbanism.
Body Chemicals
Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at new efforts in California to measure toxins
in the human body.
Takeover Bid
CNOOC,
a state-owned Chinese company, submitted a $18.5 billion takeover bid Thursday
to buy Unocal, Corp., an American oil company. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Barry
Naughton, professor of Chinese economy at the University of California-San Diego,
about China's oil strategy.
Oliphant and Lowry
Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant and National Review editor Rich Lowry join
Ray Suarez to discuss Karl Rove's controversial comments about liberals and 9/11,
Sen. Dick Durbin's, D-Ill., apology over his comments on Guantanamo Bay and other
political news. |
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Wednesday,
June 22, 2005
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Emissions Limits
After hours of debate, the Senate on Wednesday agreed to voluntary emissions reductions
rather than mandatory cuts in a sweeping energy policy bill. Margaret
Warner leads a discussion on the bill with Steve Miller, president of Americans
for Balanced Energy Choices, and John Stanton, vice president for air programs
at the National Environmental Trust.
Academic Squeeze
Special correspondent for education John Merrow looks at the growth of community
colleges and the challenges now facing these in-demand schools.
Newsmaker: Howard Dean
Gwen Ifill speaks with Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean about
the future of the Democratic Party and controversial statements made by the former
presidential candidate about the Republican Party.
Jack Kilby: Man of Influence
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Jack Kilby, the inventor of the microchip, died
of cancer Monday at his home in Dallas at the age of 81. T.R. Reid, Rocky Mountain
bureau chief for the Washington Post, speaks with Ray Suarez about the man who
revolutionized the way the world communicates. |
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Tuesday,
June 21, 2005
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Murders in Mississippi
Former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen, 80, was found guilty of manslaughter
Tuesday in the 1964 killing of three civil rights workers. Killen will be sentenced
this Thursday.
Ray Suarez speaks with Jerry Mitchell, reporter for the Clarion-Ledger
in Jackson, Miss., about today’s guilty verdict.
New Era in Vietnam
For the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese leader visited
the White House. Prime Minister Phan Van Khai met with President Bush to speak
about Vietnam's request to be a member of the World Trade Organization and a possible
visit by the president to the island nation next year. Margaret Warner
leads a discussion on the state of U.S.-Vietnamese relations with Raymond Burghardt,
U.S. ambassador to Vietnam from 2001 to 2004, and Nayan Chanda, director of publications
at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
CPB: Under Pressure
The House of Representatives is expected to vote by the end of the week on an
appropriations bill recommended by its subcommittee to cut the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting's federal funding by 45 percent in 2006. Jeffrey
Brown speaks with Bill Reed, president of Kansas City Public Television, and George
Neumayr, executive editor of the American Spectator, about the latest debate over
public broadcasting's federal funding.
Essay: Accidental City
Essayist Richard Rodriguez takes a look at the changing face of Los Angeles. |
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Monday, June
20, 2005
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Security Breach
MasterCard International announced Friday that a security breach at CardSystems
Solutions Inc., a third-party payment processor, has exposed more than 40 million
cardholders to potential fraud. Ray Suarez speaks with Susan Crawford,
professor at Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and Evan Hendricks, editor
of the Privacy Times, about the latest information security breach which may affect
millions of credit card holders.
Lebanon Votes
The anti-Syrian alliance proclaimed victory Monday in Lebanon's elections where
the opposition party led by Saad Hariri, son of the late former prime minister
Rafik Hariri, won a clear majority in parliament. Margaret
Warner leads a discussion on the victory of anti-Syrian factions in Lebanon's
elections with Adib Farha, a former advisor to Rafik Hariri, whose assassination
sparked the anti-Syrian movement in Lebanon, and David Ignatius, foreign affairs
columnist for the Washington Post.
Teenage Gambling
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the rising number of teenage
gambling addicts.
Murders in Mississippi
The defense rested its case Monday in the trial of Edgar Ray Killen, a former
Ku Klux Klan member, allegedly responsible for the the murder of three civil rights
workers in 1964. Gwen Ifill speaks with Jerry Mitchell, reporter for the Clarion-Ledger
in Jackson, Miss. about the trial.
The Bolton Battle
President Bush urged the Senate Monday to end debate on U.N. ambassador nominee
John Bolton and allow an up-or-down vote. The president also did not respond to
questions about a possible recess appointment of Bolton during Congress' summer
break. Kwame Holman looks at the recent developments in the debate over the Bolton
confirmation vote. |
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