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Lisa interviews author Diane McWhorter about her new book Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama; the Climactic Battle of the Civil rights Movement. McWhorter grew up in Birmingham, the child of a privileged white family. When the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing happened in 1963, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement, McWhorter recalls that she and her family were barely aware of it.

NPR's movie critic Bob Mondello reviews the new film by German-born director Dominick Moll, a comic thriller called With a Friend Like Harry.

Host Bob Edwards talks with international financial expert and author Randy Epping, about the events over the weekend at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec.

Regular weekly political chat between Host Bob Edwards and NPR's Cokie Roberts. They discuss President Bush's first 100 days in office, his trade negotiations, and Congress's take on his budget, which is being debated this week.

From member station WABE in Atlanta, Joshua Levs reports on a tentative contract agreement reached by the pilots union at Delta Airlines. Delta officials are hoping the agreement will help to restore the public's trust. The airline has seen a drop in bookings, and recently posted its first loss in six years.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the impact Reverend Jesse Jackson's latest scandals have had on his previously active political life. Jackson was conspicuously absent from the riots in Cincinnati earlier this month, after a unarmed black man was shot and killed by a white police officer.

NPR 's Claudio Sanchez reports on a movement in the Senate, led by Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords. Jeffords wants to ensure more money is allocated for special education and under-funded schools, before allowing President Bush's budget to pass.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Martin Kaste in Brazil. One of Latin America's biggest drug lords was captured in Colombia after a massive manhunt.

In 1945 the USS. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific. Nearly 900 men ended up in the water, but after four days fighting hypothermia, dehydration and sharks, only 317 crewmen survived. A talk with two of the survivors: PAUL MURPHY, Chairman of the Indianapolis Survivors Organization (www.ussindianapolis.org) , and HAROLD BRAY. Their story was told in the 1958 book Abandon Ship! The Saga of the USS. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster by Richard Newcomb which has just been republished. The captain of the ship was court-martialed for failure to practice evasive maneuvers in enemy waters; but it's widely believed he scapegoated for the disaster. Last Fall, Congress passed legislation exonerating the captain, but the legislation did not clear the conviction from his record. The Survivors Organization is working to clear it.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports that Congress is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on legislation that would make it a federal crime to injure or kill a fetus while committing a violent crime against the pregnant woman.