Prisoner Policy
Margaret Warner reports on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent trip to Europe, which was clouded by Euro-American disagreements over the handling of terror suspects. Rice made several statements on the matter throughout the week.

Then, Warner discusses these statements with a reporter traveling with the secretary, Glen Kessler of The Washington Post.

She looks at the significance of the statements and whether they represent a shift in U.S. policy with Andrew McCarthy, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, and Tom Malinowski, Washington director of Human Rights Watch.

Strong Words from Iran
Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports from Iran about some recent controversial remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad, and religion's impact on politics there.

Shields and Brooks
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to Europe and her comments on the handling of terror suspects and the charges against Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

Newsmaker: Donald Rumsfeld

Securing the Skies
Margaret Warner looks at the role of the federal Air Marshal Service after Wednesday's fatal shooting of a passenger suspected of bringing a bomb on an airplane.

Then, Warner speaks with Charles Slepian, security analyst and the founder of the Foreseeable Risk Analysis Center, about the training regime for air marshals.

Tackling Tax Cuts
Kwame Holman reports on the fight in the House of Representatives over proposed tax cuts.

.Airport Shooting
A federal air marshal shot and killed an airline passenger in Miami Wednesday after the man claimed to have a bomb. Sara Goo of The Washington Post provides Ray Suarez with an update.

Rebuilding Iraq
President Bush spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations Wednesday about rebuilding Iraq.

Margaret Warner gets reactions to the speech from Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and James Kunder, assistant administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Handling Terror Suspects
The European-American debate over how to handle terror suspects has gained momentum over the past week as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Europe.

Gwen Ifill discusses the debate with Richard Falkenrath, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former deputy homeland security adviser and special assistant to President Bush, and Stephan Richter, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Globalist, an online daily that focuses on the global economy, politics and culture.

Supreme Court Hears Recruitment Case
Ray Suarez talks to Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune about Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments in a case questioning whether colleges can turn away military recruiters in protest of the Pentagon's policy on gays in the military and still receive federal funding.

Importing Gas
NewsHour corespondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on the race to develop and import liquefied natural gas.

Detective Story
Jeffrey Brown speaks with William Walsh, an expert in forensic analysis and director of research at the Pfeiffer Treatment Center, about the detective work that solved the mystery of Ludwig van Beethoven's death.

Essay: Team Colors
Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune considers issues of race and sports.

Saddam on Trial
Saddam Hussein's trial resumed Monday and was peppered with dramatic outbursts from the former Iraqi leader and his defense team. Ray Suarez speaks with John Burns of The New York Times.

Debating Rendition
Before departing for Europe Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice vigorously defended the CIA practice of snatching and transferring terror suspects for questioning without a trial, saying that so-called renditions have been used by previous administrations and foreign governments to immobilize major terrorists.

Margaret Warner leads a debate on the practice with two former CIA officers, John Brennan and Reuel Gerecht.

9/11 Commission Report Card
Former members of the 9/11 Commission released a final report Monday giving the government mostly failing grades on efforts to improve security nationwide.

Jim Lehrer discusses the scathing report with two members of the House Homeland Security Committee, Peter King, R-N.Y., and Edward Markey, D-Mass.

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