Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy is undergoing daylong surgery on his malignant brain tumor at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. We speak with Dr. Carl Heilman, chairman of Neurosurgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, who has performed the kind of surgery Kennedy is undergoing.
What are the presidential candidates saying about Social Security and Medicare? How would they make sure baby boomers will be able to retire? Journalist Roger Lowenstein joins us to talk about the plans proposed by John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Lowenstein's new book is, "While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis."
We'll get a report on the Democratic presidential campaign in Montana from Courtney Lowery, long-time political reporter and editor-in-chief of "New West." We'll also talk to Ken Walsh, chief White House correspondent for U.S. News and World Report for an