To the Point

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To the Point episodes

July 11, 2014 As Shelling Continues, What do Hamas and Israel Have to Gain?
Prime Minister Netanyahu said today that Israel will not scale back attacks on the Gaza Strip until the latest rocket fire comes to an end. We’ll hear what it’s like to be living in Gaza City and whether a full-scale Israeli incursion is likely.
53 min
July 10, 2014 The New Faces of Immigration: 57,000 Central American Children
America is divided over whether to call them refugees, illegal aliens, or just kids who need protection after risking their lives to come to this country. Should they be given asylum as refugees, or sent back to Central America as soon as possible with the message that others will not be welcome?
53 min
July 09, 2014 The Hobby Lobby Case Goes On and On...
Since last week's US Supreme Court decision, angry battles are raging between religious freedom and women’s rights. We hear how it's playing out in state legislatures, Congress, the fight over Obamacare and the November elections.
53 min
July 08, 2014 Is Eastern Ukraine in for a Bloodbath?
Pro-Russian militants driven out of one Eastern Ukrainian city have bombed three bridges leading into another, where they plan a counter-offensive. They’re demanding help against the Ukrainian Army from Russia’s President Putin. The world is asking, why hasn’t he answered?
54 min
July 07, 2014 Will Disputed Election Results Divide Afghanistan?
America’s worst fears may have been realized by preliminary election results released today in Afghanistan. Does the US have the clout to make a difference?
53 min
July 04, 2014 Artificial Intelligence: is the Promise Worth the Peril?
Artificial intelligence might be the death of humanity. That’s from no less an authority than Stephen Hawking—the world’s best-known physicist. How do Americans feel about science fiction made real? Will developers agree not to go too far before it’s too late?
53 min
July 03, 2014 A New Boiling Point in the Mideast
Tensions reached a new high today in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Does the abandonment of a peace process mean more violence ahead? Can the US do anything to relieve the tensions?
53 min
July 02, 2014 Presidential Overreach or the Only Solution to Gridlock?
Earlier this week President Obama said that if Congress won’t pass sweeping immigration reform, he’d start doing it himself. It wasn’t the first time that Obama has decided to go it alone.
53 min
July 01, 2014 In Iraq, Disunity on All Fronts
The Iraqi Parliament met today to begin selecting a new unity government. Within minutes, enough members walked out that they had to call it quits.
52 min
June 30, 2014 Conservative Victories at the Supreme Court
After some notable 9 to 0 decisions this year, the nation’s highest court closed out its term with two big rulings that were anything but unanimous. Today it was all about a familiar 5 to 4 split -- with a conservative majority.
53 min

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A monthly reality-check on the issues Americans care about most. Host Warren Olney draws on his decades of experience to explore the people and issues shaping – and disrupting - our world. How did…