September 24 – World Leaders Meet While War in Syria Worsens; Mitt Losing Seniors Over His Medicare Prescription; “Future Perfect: The Case For Progress in a Networked Age”

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with 120 world leaders converging on the U.N. for a week-long General Debate and speak with The Nation’s U.N. Correspondent Barbara Crossette. A long-time foreign correspondent for the New York Times, she discusses the week’s agenda and the prospects for reform of the U.N. itself, as well as the re-emergence of a Cold War divide on the Security Council over what to do about Syria which the U.N.’s own envoy described as “extremely bad and getting worse”.

Part 2

Then, following remarks by Mitt Romney on “60 Minutes” about his vague voucher plan, we look into the role that the future of Medicare will play in the election as the once 20 point lead that Romney had with seniors, is diminishing rapidly. Jonathan Oberlander, a professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill joins us to discuss the fallout from Romney’s remark that the emergency room is an option for the millions without health insurance.

Part 3