Minuteman-Type Group At The California Border; Orange County Journalist “Roundtable”; The British Election; Bob Dole
Minuteman-Type Group At The California Border
Larry Mantle discusses the new California group that has spun off from the Minuteman Project in Arizona, called “Friends of the Border Patrol Border Watch.” This new group will patrol the San Diego border, locating illegal immigrants and reporting their location to the Border Patrol. Larry talks with Andy Ramirez, Chairman of “Friends of the Border Patrol,” with Salvador Zamora, Assistant Chief of the Border Patrol for the Department of Homeland Security in Washington D.C, and Ranjana Natarajan, staff attorney with the Southern California ACLU.
Orange County Journalist “Roundtable”
Larry Mantle talks with Orange County Register op-ed column editor Chris Reed, OC Weekly staff writer Gustavo Arellano, and LA Times staff writer Jean Pasco about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
The British Election
Most polls indicate that British Prime Minister Tony Blair is certain to win in today’s general election, however the margin of that win could determine his political legacy. 646 seats are contested in the House of Commons where the Labour Party currently enjoys a 161-seat advantage. Blair’s primary opponents are Michael Howard of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat candidate, Charles Kennedy. Larry is joined by a panel of experts including John Prideaux, Political Correspondent for The Economist, Shamit Saggar, Professor of Political Science at the University of Sussex, Simon Jenkins, Colunmist with The Times in London, and Michael Mann, UCLA Professor of Sociology specializing in conflict and political systems to discuss the affect of the war in Iraq, the British economy, and the ethnic minority vote on the outcome of the election. The polls in Britain close at 10pm their time.
Bob Dole
Larry Mantle talks with Bob Dole, former Republican Senator from Kansas and Senate Majority Leader, and Republican presidential nominee in 1996. Senator Dole’s new book is called One Soldier’s Story: A Memoir.