Week In The News

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June 24, 2011

Afghanistan drawdown. America’s most wanted, nabbed. The women of Walmart take a hit in the high court. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

A couple walks past an FBI video looking for mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger on display in New York's Times Square, Thursday, June 23, 2011. (AP)

Gotcha, finally. Mobster Whitey Bulger is nabbed after 16 years on the run.

John Huntsman declares he’s in the hunt for the Republican nomination in 2012.

More Tiffany troubles for Newt Gingrich. The women of Walmart lose at the Supreme Court.

Tensions rise in the debt ceiling talks.

Quiet, please. Wimbledon officials say “shush” to all that grunting.

This hour On Point: the news roundtable digs in. - Karen ShiffmanGuests:

Jonathan Martin, senior political reporter at Politico
William McKenzie, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News
Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst

This program aired on June 24, 2011.