Thursday, July 27th's Show

On Thursday's show, the focus was on a new Al Qaeda tape that had surfaced. The second in command for AQ, Al Zawahiri, decalred that Al Qaeda would not stand by while Israel pounded southern Lebanon and offered their help.

Al Qaeda had been trying to recruit in Lebanon and Palestine, but wasn't successful. Hezbollah strongly opposes Al Qaeda and its attacks on America, describing themselves as a national resistance, not a religious one.

There was also a Reporter's Notebook. I really do love hearing Anderson reflect about what it's like to be reporting on the story and getting inside his mind. I'm really bad for people watching and listening to people's conversations on the sidewalk, or in a mall, so the Reporter's Notebooks have kind of become like a private conversation almost. I find humanity incredibly intriguing, the way we think and what we do and say.