Israeli-Hezbollah Violence; States on Immigration Politics

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🗓️ 17 July 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment #1: More Violence--and Hesitant Diplomacy--in the Middle EastThere is international talk--but no action yet--on how to reduce the deadly exchange of bombs and rockets between Israel and Hezbollah. At the G8 summit in Russia, Britain's Tony Blair expressed support for international peacekeepers on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Russia's Vladimir Putin said he might contribute troops. At the United Nations, Secretary General Kofi Annan supported the idea, but US Ambassador John Bolton had reservations. Annan has sent an envoy, who's in Beirut with plans to go to Jerusalem, where Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a formal speech to the Knesset. We have updates from Jerusalem, Beirut, Damascus and Cairo. Segment #2: Capitol-Hill Talk--but No Action--on Immigration ReformIllegal immigration sounds like a federal issue, but even with all three in Republican hands, the House, Senate and White House can't agree on what to do about 11 million undocumented workers already here and more coming into the country everyday. Meantime, virtually every state--not just those who share international borders, must shoulder heavy burdens for education, health care and law enforcement. In at least 30 state capitols, legislators are taking things into their own hands. We hear how American states are trying to fill the federal vacuum on illegal immigration.

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0:00.0	From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.
0:07.7	More violence and hesitant diplomacy in the Middle East.
0:14.7	Hello again, I'm a monolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,
0:18.6	a daily look at the issues. Americans care about most.
0:21.3	There's international talk, but no action yet yet on how to reduce the deadly exchange of bombs and rockets between Israel and Hezbollah.
0:28.6	Today we'll have updates from Jerusalem, Beirut, Damascus, and Cairo.
0:32.8	Also one to the point. There's talk but no action yet on Capitol Hill about immigration reform. The House
0:39.1	and Senate held public hearings around the country, but they're still divided over a crackdown
0:42.7	and a path to citizenship. Meantime, the costs for education, health care, and law enforcement
0:47.9	fall on the states where immigration's become a divisive political issue. Today we'll hear
0:52.8	how different legislatures are stepping into the federal vacuum.
0:56.7	First, here's the news.
1:00.5	Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica
1:04.9	and from the Public Radio International Program Fund,
1:08.1	whose contributors include the Ford Foundation
1:10.3	and the John D. and
1:11.4	Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
1:13.4	Well, I'm in only back with To the Point. There is continuing deadlock in Washington on
1:16.6	immigration reform, but individual states are still stuck with the bills for education,
1:21.4	health care, and law enforcement. On To the Point, we'll hear how different legislatures
1:25.5	are adopting immigration policies of their own with political heat rising fast. First, we'll hear how different legislatures are adopting immigration policies of their own, with political heat rising fast.
1:30.7	First, we'll have extensive coverage of the international crisis.
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