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. Sanger and Mr. Diamond talked about the death of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown yesterday in a plane crash in Croatia, and other topics. In the newspaper roundtable, Professors Gates and West discussed the death of Secretary Brown as well as their books. Gates recently wrote The Future of the Race and West’s most recent book is Race Matters. Clips were shown of the late Secretary Brown from previous C-SPAN appearances. In the next segment Mr. Lambro and former Secretary Mosbacher (who participated via telephone) discussed Secretary Brown’s career and other topics. In the final segment, Dr. Thurow talked about his new book, The Future of Capitalism.