New Poll Shows McCain Strong; Transit Update; The Bible: A Biography
New Poll Shows McCain Strong
A new LA Times-Bloomberg poll shows that John McCain will be a tough candidate to beat in the general election. In head-to-head contests, it finds McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46% to 40%) and Obama by 2 points (44% to 42%). The survey attributes the lead to McCain's experience. Political scientist, Raphe Sonenshein, and the director of the L.A. Times poll, Susan Pinkus join Larry to discuss what it means for the ongoing primary contest?
Transit Update
Last night, the Los Angeles County MTA held a public meeting intended to update local residents and get public comment on a project to link four of LA's existing and future light rail lines through a "regional connector" through downtown. The proposal is to build a 1.6-mile connector that will allow trains to run directly from Pasadena to Long Beach and from the Eastside to Culver City. This is just one of many projects either under construction or under study by the MTA, including one to extend the subway to Santa Monica. How long will it all take to build? And how much will it cost? Larry talks about the various projects with Carol Inge, Chief Planning officer for Metro (MTA), and Dennis Zane, founder of the non-profits "Subway to the Sea Coalition" and "Move LA," a group looking to find the money for a robust transit system.
The Bible: A Biography
The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world, serving as the spiritual guide for one out of every three people. Written by numerous authors and transformed over time through translation and interpretation, its content and meaning has changed over time. How was the Bible conceived, and how did it evolve, and how did become the world's most revered book? Larry Mantle talks with acclaimed religion writer Karen Armstrong about her latest book "The Bible: A Biography." The book analyzes the climate in which oral history turned into written scripture, how this scripture was compiled into one work, and how it became accepted as Christianity's sacred text.