Join AirTalk for live breaking news on the search for the suspect involved with the Boston Marathon bombings as well as the reaction in the Los Angeles community. Also, boy scouts is proposing to allow gay youths join troops.
Updates on Boston manhunt for marathon bombing suspects
Stay up to date with on the ground coverage of the search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as reporters from WBUR check in with law enforcement. We'll also consider the way the bombings and manhunt have affected local communities, including the Islamist and Chechen communities. How could a city like Boston be effectively shut down? What's it like to be under seige?
KPCC's up-to-date coverage on the Boston Marathon bombings
Guests:
Steve Brown, reporter and anchor at WBUR in Boston.
Erroll Southers, Adjunct Professor of Homeland Security and Public Policy Associate Director, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, USC
Hussam Ayloush, Executive Director of the greater Los Angeles office at the Counsel on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Olga Oliker, Associate Director, RAND International Security & Defense Policy Center and author of "Russian Foreign Policy." Born in Russia and fluent in Russian, Oliker's expertise includes Russian foreign policy and deterrence strategy.
Thomas Wieczorek, ICMA Center for Public Safety Management
Phil Mattingly, Justice Department Reporter, Bloomberg News
Boy Scouts to consider ending ban on gay youths
The Boy Scouts of America is proposing to end its ban for gay youth members, but will continue to forbid gays as adult leaders. The proposal still needs to be voted on by its nearly 1,400 members of its National Council at a meeting in Texas in May. Gay rights groups want to see a wholesale lift, but some conservative groups want the ban to remain in place in its entirety.
In January, the Boy Scouts of America announced that it wanted to let local Scout chapters decide whether they want to include or exclude gay members. "While perspectives and opinions vary significantly, parents, adults in the Scouting community and teens alike tend to agree that youth should not be denied the benefits of Scouting," the statement released by the Boy Scouts of America said.
Guest:
Kate Sheppard, a staff reporter at Mother Jones
FilmWeek: Oblivion, In the House, and Antiviral, and more
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan to review this week’s releases, including Oblivion, In The House, and Antiviral, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
Oblivion
In The House
Antiviral
Guest:
Wade Major, film critic for KPCC and boxoffice.com
Henry Sheehan, film critic for KPCC and dearhenrysheehan.com