In British government hearings investigating the Iraq war, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair today denied striking a covert deal with U.S. President George Bush to invade Iraq, one year before the war began. We speak with the BBC's Rob Watson, who is at the Chilcot inquiry in London, where protestors have been gathering in the streets decrying Blair as a war criminal.

A moderate strategy, argues our guest Rory Stewart, is what's needed in Afghanistan, along with patience and perseverance. Stewart is opposed to the surge, but thinks President Obama did the right thing by declining to speak of modest goals, containing the Taliban, not defeating it. Still, Stewart worries that announcing a withdrawal date will be fatal even to a limited goal. So how to move forward? Rory Stewart heads the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School. Stewart walked across Afghanistan and wrote about it in "The Places in Between." He's also author of "The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq"

Remember when you were in elementary school and rushed to eat lunch to run out to recess? More and more schools in the U.S. are scheduling recess before lunch, with an eye to health and increased focus.. We speak with Sarah Hartley, principal of North Ranch Elementary in Scottsdale, Arizona..  Her school switched to a schedule with lunch following recess and she says the change has resulted in fewer visits to the school nurse and more attentive children in the classroom.