From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Is America ready for on-camera surveillance?

Hello again, I'm Aranalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

Less than a week after aborted terrorist bombings, British police say they have the main suspects. Mainstream Muslims have condemned extremists. But why would highly educated

doctors attempt mass murder? One of British law enforcement's resources has been videotape

from closed circuit cameras all over the

country, especially in London. Would privacy laws allow the U.S. to adopt that technology? Is it only

useful after the fact? Would it encourage a climate of fear? That's to the point. On reporter's

notebook later on, a hostage released in Gaza. What's the lesson about Hamas?

First, here's the news.

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International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D.

and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. Hello again, Mormon-Aulay, back with To The Poet. Less than a week and the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Mormon-Aulay, back with To the Poet. Less than a week since the latest

timer attacks in the United Kingdom, British police want to know why several Muslim doctors

would try to kill hundreds of people. On To the Point, should the U.S. adopt a British-style

network of closed-circuit TV. On a reporter's notebook, by helping release the hostage,

BBC journalist Alan Johnston, has Hamas earned the right to talk with the West. First is news

update. The Western United States are looking at record temperatures in days to come and very

little rainfall. Texas and Oklahoma are braced for more flooding. It's a bad week for weather.

Brian Cordy is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, and Brian, thanks very much for

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