Week in the News

Arms are being triple-twisted all over Washington this week as Democrats go down to the wire on health care reform.

Two-hundred-sixteen votes needed in the House. Sunday billed as the moment of truth. Republicans warning of Armageddon. It’s a major-league moment in the capital.

We’ve got flooding in Fargo. Mexican drug violence hitting an American consulate. Federal moves on Wall Street, jobs, and No Child Left Behind. U.S.-Israel fireworks. And Tiger Woods headed out of the dog house and back to the links.

This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. Guests:

Eleanor Clift, contributing editor and columnist for Newsweek and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group. Her latest book is "Two Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Politics."

Noam Levey, health policy reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic.