HURRICANE KATRINA UPDATE; CALIFORNIA’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES; INDICTMENT OF FOUR IN SOUTHLAND TERROR PLOT; JOHN ROBERTS CONFIRMATION HEARING PREVIEW; MARS ROVER UPDATE
HURRICANE KATRINA UPDATE
Larry Mantle talks with FEMA spokesman Butch Kinerney, Hassan Mashriqui of the Lousiana State University Hurricane Center, and Ray Bourhis, a partner with the law firm of Bourhis & Wolfson in San Francisco and author of "Insult to Injury: Insurance, Fraud, and the Big Business of Bad Faith."
CALIFORNIA’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES
A large percentage of students entering California’s community colleges lack the basic English and math skills necessary for a successful college education. Larry talks with George Caplan, president of the Board of Governors of the California Community College System, about his plans to deal with this, and other problems plaguing the system.
INDICTMENT OF FOUR IN SOUTHLAND TERROR PLOT
Larry speaks with United States Attorney Debra Wong Yang.
JOHN ROBERTS CONFIRMATION HEARING PREVIEW
Next week, the US Senate will commence hearings on the nomination of John G. Roberts to the Supreme Court. As members of the Senate marshal their questions, Larry Mantle talks with several legal experts about what we can expect to hear from the Senate chambers. Guests are: Elizabeth Garrett, Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics and Political Science at USC, NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin and William Watkins, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California and author of "Reclaiming the American Revolution."
MARS ROVER UPDATE
The Spirit Rover has reached the summit of Husband Hill on Mars, the tallest peak in the Gusev Crater. Larry talks with experts from the Mars Exploration Rovers project at JPL about what Spirit, and its twin, Opportunity, are up to. Guests are: Albert Halderman, Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rovers and Chris Leger, Rover Planner for JPL.