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Some of the Senate's most powerful conservatives want President Bush to approve expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, but he says he'll veto it anyway.  We look at the pros and cons and compare the cost to funding war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, good news from Iraq, and the first day of the US Supreme Court's new session.

The bloody repression of peaceful protest in Myanmar—or Burma—has outraged the rest of the world and put China in a diplomatic squeeze.  What can be done to stop the violence?  Should the US intervene or keep its head down? Also, civilian attorneys for key detainees at Guantánamo, and the latest on Blackwater USA in Iraq.

President Bush has come late to the conclusion that industrial activity causes climate change, but today he begins his own conference on Global Warming. Is he trying to bolster or circumvent the UN? Does he still have time to make a difference? Also, Los Angeles celebrities charged with murder but not convicted. What does big money have to do with it?

MoveOn.org called Army General David Patraeus "General BetrayUs." Rush Limbaugh called Nebraska's decorated Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel, "Senator BetrayUs." We talk about name calling, presidential politics and the war in Iraq. Also, a new UAW-GM contract, and the world learns of a crackdown on peaceful protesters in isolated Burma with help from the Internet.

Presidents Bush and Ahmadinejad at the same place at the same time. We look at the United Nations 62nd General Assembly session. On Reporter's Notebook, is the US ready for a comeback of nuclear power? 

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A meeting today in Washington will set the state for efforts to get tougher UN sanctions against Iran's enrichment of nuclear fuel. Also an Iraq update, and a public rebuke to Osama bin Laden from one of his teachers.

The Federal Reserve's interest rate cut produced a sigh of relief this week in the markets.  What does it mean for homeowners and prospective buyers? Is it a bailout for speculators and unwise investors? Also,

Radio host Michael Baisden (L) and Rev. Al Sharpton (C) march towards Jena High school during a civil rights march on September 20, 2007 in Jena, Louisiana. Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty Images

A deadly shooting incident involving Blackwater USA has the US and Iraq at odds over security for American diplomats. Why is the State Department so dependent on private contractors? Are they out of control? Also, foreign aid and peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, and if you live in Orem, Utah, you'd better water your lawn. 

As the presidential candidates debate the future of healthcare reform,