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2:Emmy-Award winning documentary filmmaker and producer, THOMAS LENNON. His newest documenatary examines the interaction between the tabloid press and the mainstream media: "Tabloid Truth: the Michael Jackson Scandal" (which airs on PBS stations February 15th). By watching the story of alleged sexual abuse swell from verifiable news to national spectacle, LENNON questions the state of American journalism, as CNN fights for the same stories once relegated to the National Inquirer.

3: Co-founders of Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corp. JAMES "ROCKY" ROBINSON and JOE PEREZ. They began the corp in 1988, after watching people die because the Ambulances responded too slowly to calls. (There are 39 volunteer ambulance corps in New York City). They are the focus of a new "The American Promise" PBS documentary. (The program premiered October 1).

Linda talks with Josh King, vice president of SpeakOut.com, about the Website's instant polling to gauge reaction to speeches at the Democratic National Convention. People who are watching and listening to the convention, can give their reactions to the major speeches, by logging on to their Website. They see something like an odometer on their screen, and as someone like Joe Lieberman is speaking, they move the mouse across a scale from 1 to 100, with 50 being neutral. This way, he says, we can get a RANDOM, but interesting perspective on how a speech and its presentation moved people who heard it. (5:45) The interent address is http://speakout.com/

Noah talks with Mike Jendrzejczyk (jenn-DREEZ-sick), the Washington Director of Human Rights Watch-Asia. Chinese police have detained dissident Wang Donghai (WAHNG dong-HY) after he and six other activists petitioned the National People's Congress on May 27th, demanding the release of political prisoners. Mr. Jendrzejczyk believes that paranoia in the Chinese government toward the democracy movement has increased in recent months as economic reforms have triggered more unrest. This recent round of arrests comes one week before the anniversary of the military crackdown that ended pro- democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989.

Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC, says that's "painful to watch" because vaccines have proven to be safe and very effective at stopping the deadly coronavirus.

Robert talks with Sarah Hodgson, a dog trainer and writer who is at the world series of dog shows, the second oldest sporting event in Americaa...the Westminister Kennel show. The dog show is going on at Madison Square Garden today and tomorrow. Ms. Hodgson says the show is a-buzz with who the winners might be... one dog to watch out for is an afghan who may take the crown. But Ms. Hodgson says while the dogs are very showy they aren't all egos like some of their owners.

Phillip Davis reports that 14 year old Lionel Tate was sentenced today to life in prison without parole. Lionel was convicted in January of first degree murder in the 1999 death of a playmate, who died as Lionel imitated the violent wrestling shows he liked to watch. Broward County judge Joel Lazarus imposed the mandatory sentence after refusing to reduce the verdict to a lesser charge. He described the murder of 6 year old Tiffany Eunick as "callous and indescribably cruel." Defense attorneys said they would ask Gov. Jeb Bush to commute the sentence.

Iraqi citizens with television sets now can watch Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings every night, along with Fox Network news and the PBS NewsHour. The networks agree to let their news programs be aired on a television channel being established by the U.S. government in Iraq. Critics say the broadcasts will do little to enhance America's image or to improve local journalism. NPR's John McChesney reports.

The world is watching the situation tensely as Russian President Vladimir Putin put his country's nuclear forces on high alert.

If you think the 2016 campaign was rough, check out the 1884 election. The poet Walt Whitman was watching, and he wrote a poem called “Election Day November 1884."

A new study from Human Rights Watch finds the residents are being given the drugs despite an FDA warning that they can increase the risk of death for older people with dementia.

The view from the hospital in southern Italy is so good that one man faked a life-threatening illness to get himself inside to watch a sold-out game. It didn't work — security kicked him out.