Week in the News

By guest host Linda Douglass:

This holiday week, the world's been hard at work. In Washington, President Bush stares down his critics and commutes Scooter Libby's sentence. In Great Britain, shocking news that doctors are prime suspects in the bomb plots.

Out on the campaign trail, Bill barnstorms for Hillary to mixed results. Obama's dollars soar but will that translate to votes? On the flip side, there was a reversal of fortune for McCain. Money is running out.

This hour On Point: we go behind the week's headlines with top analysts, Jack Beatty, and you.

Guests:

Ken Walsh, chief White House correspondent and senior editor at US News & World Report

Anne Kornblut, national political correspondent for the Washington Post

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst