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  • June 27 - July 1, 2005

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    Friday, July 1, 2005

     

     

    Pivotal Justice
    Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor resigned Friday after 24 years on the bench. Kwame Holman reports on the reaction to her announcement.

    Then, Margaret Warner talks with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune about O'Connor's role on the court. RealAudio

    O'Connor Legacy
    Ray Suarez discusses Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy with Pam Karlan from Stanford Law School, who clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun; John Yoo from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, who clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas; and Ronnell Anderson Jones, a visiting faculty fellow at the University of Arizona's College of Law and a former clerk for O'Connor. RealAudio

    Shields and Ponnuru
    Jim Lehrer speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru about the week's political news, including Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement. RealAudio

    Soldiers' Stories
    Margaret Warner speaks with three soldiers and one Marine who all recently returned from Iraq. An excerpt will air Friday, and the entire conversation will air Monday.RealAudio

     


    Thursday, June 30, 2005

     

     

    More Violence
    Sixteen have been confirmed dead after a helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan Tuesday, the most recent instance of violence in Afghanistan.

    Ray Suarez discusses the violence in Afghanistan with Milton Bearden, who helped run the CIA's covert operation to arm Afghan fighters against the Soviet Union, and Peter Tomsen, U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan during the first Bush administration. RealAudio

    Free Trade Fight
    The Senate is slated Wednesday to vote on the much-debated Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would open the markets of six South American nations to the United States. Kwame Holman looks at the conflict over CAFTA.

    Pill Protest
    Correspondent Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on why some pharmacies are refusing to fill birth control and morning-after pill prescriptions on moral grounds. RealAudio

    Intelligence Changes
    President Bush announced Wednesday that 70 of the 74 recommendations made by the Silberman-Robb commission for the intelligence community will occur, including creating a national security division in the Department of Justice and the FBI. Margaret Warner discusses the newest changes with Timothy Edgar, policy counsel for national security for the American Civil Liberties Union; Jamie Gorelick, a member of the 9/11 commission; and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the FBI. RealAudio

     


    Wednesday, June 29, 2005

     

     

    Newsmakers: Hadley and Biden
    A year after sovereignty was handed back to Iraq's people, President Bush on Tuesday urged continued support of rebuilding efforts in the war-torn country. Gwen Ifill speaks to National Security advisor Stephen Hadley about the president's speech.

    Then, Ray Suarez speaks to Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to get the Democrats' reaction. RealAudio

    Deep Impact
    Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on NASA's project to smash a probe into comet Tempel 1 in an effort to learn more about the outer solar system. RealAudio

    Journalists and the Law
    Two journalists are facing jail time and four more could be held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal anonymous sources in grand jury testimony.

    Jeffrey Brown talks about the two cases with Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Geoffrey Stone, professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. RealAudio

    Tornado Science
    A team of scientists from the Center for Severe Weather Research track storms in western Kansas' "Tornado Alley" in an effort to improve their understanding of the process of tornado formation so that better predictions may someday be made. RealAudio

    War and Remembrance
    Historian and novelist Shelby Foote, best known for his three-volume work on the Civil War, died Monday at the age of 88. Kwame Holman looks back on Foote's life.

     


    Tuesday, June 28, 2005

     

     

    Iraq's Struggle for Security
    Tuesday marks Iraq's first year as a sovereign nation. Gwen Ifill discusses the anniversary with John Burns, Baghdad bureau chief for the New York Times.

    Oliphant and Lowry
    Gwen Ifill previews President Bush's Tuesday night speech with Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant and National Review editor Rich Lowry.

    Energy Plans
    The Senate passed a comprehensive energy bill Tuesday and will now have to merge its version with the House-passed measure. Ray Suarez talks with Mary O'Driscoll of Environment and Energy Daily about the prospects of the energy legislation. RealAudio

    Six Months Later
    Dan Rivers of Independent Television News looks at the progress made in rebuilding Aceh, Indonesia six months after the devastating South Asian tsunami. RealAudio

    Scrushy Verdict
    Jeffrey Brown discusses Tuesday's acquittal of HealthSouth former CEO Richard Scrushy for accounting fraud with David Voreacos of Bloomberg News. RealAudio

    Supreme Decisions
    Margaret Warner wraps up the most recent Supreme Court term, which ended yesterday, with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune.

    Then, Warner leads a discussion on the court's year of rulings with Douglas Kmiec, professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, and Laurence Tribe, professor at Harvard Law School. RealAudio

     


    Monday, June 27, 2005

     

     

    Ten Commandments
    The Supreme Court ruled Monday to ban a display of the Ten Commandments in two Kentucky courthouses, but allow a similar display at the Texas state capitol. Gwen Ifill talks with Chicago Tribune reporter Jan Crawford Greenburg about the decisions.

    Then, Ray Suarez leads a discussion on the rulings with Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, and Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. RealAudio

    Day of Decisions
    On the Supreme Court's last day before a three-month break, the justices made a series of decisions, including a ruling against file-sharing networks.Gwen Ifill again speaks with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune about the other decisions.

    Then, Terence Smith discusses the court's decision on file-sharing with Fred Von Lohmann, senior attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Don Verrilli, counsel to both the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America. RealAudio

    The Winner
    Hard-line conservative Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the victor in Iran's presidential run-off election Friday.

    Margaret Warner looks at the implications of this victory with Mahnaz Afkhami, founder and president of the Women's Learning Partnership, and Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. RealAudio

     

     

     

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