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American Jews are less attached to Israel than their elders, but Jewish establishment leaders don’t want to hear it. Has Israel changed? Is it also divided? We hear a debate that could be crucial to US support and to Israel's future. Also, President Obama expresses frustration over responsibility for Gulf oil slick. On Reporter's Notebook, can the watchdogs of journalism survive media cutbacks?

A UN report says the CIA's use of drones in Pakistan makes the US the world's major practitioner of "targeted killings." Could agents be prosecuted under international law?  Do the drones make America safer?  Should they be controlled by the military instead of the CIA? Also, BP siphons more oil from its gushing well, and high stakes in 11 state primaries.

Is the Gulf oil disaster a wake-up call for all of America, where oil is used at a greater rate than anyplace else in the world? Should some of the anger against BP and the rest of the oil industry be re-directed toward the oil-consumption economy? Also, BP finds some success in capping it leaking well, and the World Cup and the flight of the soccer ball.

President Karzai's effort at reaching out to the Taliban may have failed before it began. We update this week's "peace jirga" with 1600 tribal leaders and politicians. Is it building support for Karzai's government? Will it make any difference for US soldiers? Also, BP cuts a leaking pipe, as the oil slick heads eastward, and wrecking a perfect game.

Israel is taking a hard line on both its blockade of Gaza and its assault on a so-called "humanitarian" mission at sea. We get the latest on Monday's incident and the pros and cons of the blockade. Also, the latest on efforts to contain the oil spill in the Gulf, and the US Supreme Court and "Miranda Rights."

Even some Israelis say their leaders fell into a trap, telling commandos to slide down ropes from hovering helicopters into an angry crowd. As the diplomatic repercussions spread worldwide, still another aid ship is scheduled to sail for Gaza today or tomorrow. We have updates from the Middle East, the UN and Washington, where the Obama Administration faces another awkward reality. Also, after threats of renewed violence last week, an easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula .

Memorial Day might seem as American as Apple Pie, but it takes on different forms for different people at different times.  We hear about memorializing the war dead from Arlington National Cemetery to the Internet. Also, the official beginning of hurricane season, and Apple overcomes Microsoft.

Five weeks after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, President Obama interrupted his Chicago homecoming today for his second trip to Louisiana.  He picked up tar balls on beaches, drove past sign-waving residents and met with a who’s who of local and regional officials.  We hear what he had to say.

As scientists concluded today that the Gulf oil spill is the worst in the nation’s history, President Obama spoke to reporters who asked him again and again if federal response has been too little, too late. We have more on his news conference and a progress report on "Top Kill." Also, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" compromise on Capitol Hill.

President Obama will announce new deep-sea oil regulations tomorrow, and Friday he'll visit the Gulf coast for the second time since the spill.  Will BP finally have plugged the oil gusher?  We get a progress report today on what's called “Top Kill.”   Also, retiring the Space Shuttle Atlantis. On Reporter's Notebook, why are 1200 National Guard troops are on their way to the Mexican border?