Washington Friday Journal

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail. In the first segment, Mr. Cooper talked about current news stories, including the Supreme Court’s decision on redistricting. In the newspaper roundtable, Mr. Hitchens and Mr. Walker discussed current news stories. In the point-counterpoint, Mr. Cavanaugh and Mr. Hirschman debated whether NAFTA should be expanded to include Chile. In the next segment, Mr. Rodrigue talked about his works, one of which has been hanging in the C-SPAN studio for the past several months. In the last segment, Ms. Boileau from Frankfort, Kentucky and Mr. Fell from Lincoln, Nebraska talked about editorial cartooning. close