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10:00Escalating Violence in the Mideast

In response to a Hezbollah raid and the capture of two Israeli soldiers, Israel bombed Beirut's international airport and warned that no place in Lebanon is off limits. We'll talk about the escalating Mideast violence.

Guests

David Makovsky, senior fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Hisham Melhem, Washington bureau chief for Al-Arabiya TV, and Washington correspondent for "An-Nahar"

Anthony Shadid, reporter for The Washington Post, author of "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War" (Picador) and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer for International Reporting

11:00Saving the Oceans

Learn what you can do to promote the health and sustainable use of the worlds oceans, with advice and insight from two men who have devoted years to study of its life forms and the human impact on the marine environment.

Guests

David Helvarg, president of the Blue Frontier Campaign and author of "50 Ways to Save the Ocean," "Blue Frontier" and "The War Against the Greens."

Carl Safina, founder of the Blue Ocean Institute and author of "Voyage of the Sea Turtle," "Song for the Blue Ocean," and other books.

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