What Now, Antonio?; Executive Privilege And The Legal System; Iraq: To Surge Or Drawdown?; Dr. Zahi Hawass And Egypt's Lost Queen
What Now, Antonio?
After a week of laying low, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa resurfaced yesterday at a press conference where he was pummeled with questions about his extra-marital affair with Telemundo reporter and anchor, Mirthala Salinas. Villaraigosa still has an ambitious list of goals for Los Angeles, including school reform and transit projects. How will the mayor's personal life impact his political ability to accomplish these projects? And what effect will it have on his political future? Larry talks with City Hall watchers and asks KPCC's listeners to chime in.
Executive Privilege And The Legal System
Larry Mantle talks with Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Constitutional Law at Duke University School of Law and John Eastman, Dean, Chapman University School of Law about President Bush's claim of Executive Privilege that prohibits former aides' testimony in the firing of Federal Prosecutors. What might be Congress's legal next steps?
Iraq: To Surge Or Drawdown?
Larry Mantle talks with a variety of experts about the military situation in Iraq, and whether or not we should change the course on Iraq policy.
Dr. Zahi Hawass And Egypt's Lost Queen
Larry Mantle talks with world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass about his recent discovery of Queen Hatshepsut, one of Egypt's few female pharaohs. More powerful than Cleopatra or Nefertiti, Queen Hatshepsut's legacy was mysteriously and systematically erased from Egyptian history. Dr. Hawass talks to Larry about how he found the mummy, and about the cutting-edge science used to confirm her identity.