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Friday, September
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Protecting
Sources
Terence Smith speaks with Washington Post reporter Carol
Leonnig about New York Times reporter Judith Miller's grand jury
testimony on the leak of a CIA operative's name. Miller spent
85 days in jail protecting the name of her source until the source
gave her a waiver, clearing her to testify.  
Rebuilding
New Orleans Kwame Holman gives an update on the state of New Orleans
and discusses how some sections of the city are redeveloping. 
Then,
Margaret Warner leads a discussion about the recovery effort with Mary Comerio,
professor of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley; John Norquist,
president for the Congress of the New Urbanism and former mayor of Milwaukee;
and Paris Rutherford, director of planning and urban design at RTKL Associates.
  Conversation:
Night Draws Near Jeffrey Brown talks to Anthony Shadid, Middle East
correspondent for the Washington Post, about his book "Night Draws Near:
Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War" and the challenges of reporting
in Iraq.
Shields
and Brooks Jim Lehrer speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields
and New York Times columnist David Brooks about the confirmation of John Roberts,
the indictment of House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-Texas, and other news of
the week.  
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Thursday, September
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Iraq War Hearings Margaret Warner reviews the Iraq war hearings presented
before the Senate and House Armed Services committees.  
Then, Warner speaks with Sens.
John Warner, chairman of the Senate committee, and Carl Levin, ranking Democrat,
about their views on the situation in Iraq. 
New
Chief Justice Kwame Holman reports on the confirmation of Chief Justice
John Roberts.  
Covering
Catastrophe Jeffrey Brown reports on how the media covered Hurricane
Katrina, and how it differed from past natural disasters.
Then,
Brown discusses media coverage of Katrina with Carl Quintanilla, NBC News correspondent;
Hugh Hewitt, nationally syndicated radio host and blogger, and Keith Woods, dean
of faculty at the Poynter Institute and former editor and reporter at the New
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Wednesday, September
28, 2005 |  |
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Indicted House Leader
A Texas grand jury indicted House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, on
Wednesday in connection with an alleged illegal campaign finance scheme.
Gwen
Ifill discusses the impact of the indictment with Laylan Copelin of the Austin
American-Statesman and congressional watcher Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise
Institute.   Coming
Back to New Orleans Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports from
New Orleans about how the Algiers district is recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

Then,
Jeffrey Brown speaks with Kaye about new information on the search for and identification
of those killed in New Orleans.   Prisoner
Abuse Margaret Warner speaks with John Sifton, lawyer and military
researcher at Human Rights Watch, and retired Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a defense
contractor, about new allegations of abuse of Iraqi war prisoners by American
soldiers.
Change
Agent A report on New York City's efforts to improve its public schools,
featuring an interview with New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel
Klein. 
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Tuesday, September
27, 2005 |  |
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Investigating FEMA
Kwame Holman reports on Tuesday's House committee probe into Hurricane Katrina
and the tough questions asked of former FEMA Director Michael Brown.  
Send
in the Military Margaret Warner reviews the role of the military in
responding to domestic natural disasters. Then, Warner discusses whether the military
should be given a more prominent role with Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the
Center for American Progress and assistant secretary of defense for Manpower,
and Gene Healy, attorney and senior editor at the Cato Institute.  
Wind
or Water Damage Spencer Michels reports from Louisiana about insurance
post-Hurricane Katrina and problems related to damage classifications.  
Stock
Sale Gwen Ifill reports on the investigation into the selling of
stock by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. Then, Ifill speaks with BusinessWeek's
Capitol Hill correspondent Eamon Javers about the latest details.  
The
Smallest Witnesses Jeffrey Brown reports on the horrors of life in
Darfur, Sudan, told through the drawings of children who live there.  
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Monday, September
26, 2005 |  |
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Rita Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports from Terrebonne Parish
in southern Louisiana about the aftermath and impact of Hurricane Rita. Then,
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports from Bridge City, Texas about the hard-hit
community.  
Are
We Prepared? Margaret Warner presents a background report about the
problems people had evacuating from Houston ahead of Hurricane Rita. 
Then, Warner discusses major cities' preparation efforts with Edward Reiskin,
deputy mayor for public safety and justice in Washington, D.C.; Carlos Castillo,
director of Miami-Dade County's office of emergency management; and Gil Kerlikowske,
chief of the Seattle Police Department.   Speaking
Out Kwame Holman describes the recent public debate and protests
over the war in Iraq. 
Then,
Gwen Ifill leads a discussion about Iraq with Nancy Lessin, co-founder of Military
Families Speak Out; Vietnam veteran Carol Phillips; and Alexander Bloom, professor
of history at Wheaton College and author of "The End of the Tunnel: The Vietnam
Experience and the Shape of Contemporary American Life."
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