The U.S Senate isexpected to pass a bill overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping, ending almost a year of
wrangling between the Congress and the White House over
the president's warrantless wiretapping program. We speak
to Evan Perez who has been covering the story for the Wall
Street Journal.
As crime rates in
major cities have fallen over the last decade and a half, many
smaller cities are seeing a dramatic increase in violent crime,
by as much as 20% a year. And the cause may have to do
with the celebrated anti-poverty section 8 housing voucher
program. Hanna Rosin is Contributing Editor for the Atlantic
Monthly Magazine. She wrote the article "American Murder
Mystery: Why is crime rising in so many American cities? The
answer implicates one of the most celebrated antipoverty
programs of recent decades."
What now for the
approximately 270 detainees still being held at Guantanamo
Bay? We hear from Emi MacLean, staff attorney for the
Center for C