Mars Rover Update; John Kerry and George Bush's Foreign Policies; FilmWeek
Mars Rover Update
Scientific findings from the NASA rover Spirit’s first three months on Mars have been released today. Researchers, using Spirit’s toolkit of geological instruments from early January into April, have read the record from rocks and soil in the rover’s landing area and found a history of volcanic blanketing, impact cratering, wind effects and possible past episodes of scant underground liquid water. Larry Mantle talks with JPL Project Scientist Dr. Joy Crisp.
John Kerry and George Bush's Foreign Policies
We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric from both the Bush Administration and from the Kerry campaign, but just how do their foreign policy platforms compare? Joining Larry to discuss the foreign policy platforms is Kiron Skinner, assistant professor of history and political science at Carnegie Mellon, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and an unofficial/surrogate foreign policy advisor for the Bush-Cheney campaign. Also joining the conversation is New Yorker Washington correspondent Phillip Gourevitch and John Dalton, former Secretary of the Navy under President Clinton. Mr. Dalton is a trustee and an advisor to the Kerry campaign.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of New York Magazine and Scott Foundas of Variety and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including Collateral, Open Water, Code 46, Little Black Book, Bang Rajan, Los Angeles Sees Itself and Stander.