Pakistan Bombing; Chris Matthews; The Origins of the Americans with Disabilites Act; FilmWeek
Pakistan Bombing
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says there were two attackers in the bombing that killed at least 136 people at her homecoming celebration yesterday in Karachi. She blamed militants for trying to kill her and said she would not "surrender our great nation" to them. Bhutto says her guards also found a third person with a pistol and another with a reported suicide vest. Ahead of her arrival, Bhutto said, she was warned suicide squads were dispatched to kill her. Larry talks with Middle East expert Vali Nasr about the attacks and the future of Pakistan.
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews is one of the most recognizable personalities in political punditry. Not shy about asking tough questions, his all-business, rapid-fire delivery is the hallmark of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and NBC News' The Chris Matthews Show. Matthews joins Larry to talk about politics, punditry and his new book Life's a Campaign (Random House).
The Origins of the Americans with Disabilites Act
Every day people walk by something that is a direct result of Richard Pimentel's efforts: wheel chair ramps, parking spaces for the disabled, handicapped bathroom stalls, etc. Pimentel is a deaf Vietnam veteran who pioneered training people in how to work with the disabled, which eventually led to what is known today as the Americans with Disabilities Act. A new film, Music Within, covers Pimentel's difficult battle for acceptance and equal rights for the disabled community. The film documents his own experience going to jail for being out in public with his best friend Art Honneyman, who was wheelchair-bound, violating "Ugly Laws," ordinances that were in effect as late as the 1990's that punished the disabled community. Those laws have since been recanted thanks to Pimentel's efforts. Larry talks with Pimentel and the film's director, Steven Sawalich.
FilmWeek
Larry and critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Lael Loewenstein of Variety, discuss the week's new releases including the feature films Things We Lost in the Fire, Rendition, Reservation Road, Gone Baby Gone, and Broken, and the documentaries The Price of Sugar, and The Unknown Soldier.