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'Home-based Terrorism' and California's Role at Copenhagen
Political reform, global warming and one of the most popular singers in France is hospitalized in Los Angeles. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, the Obama Administration is warning of “home-based terrorism,” attacks by American citizens on American soil.
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenA group of 14 people, chosen at random, will draw new boundaries for California's Assembly and Senate districts. You could be one of them. Also, what the Governor and the Mayor of LA are doing in Copenhagen, and why French reporters and newscasters are camped outside Cedars-Sinai Hospital. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the Obama Administration is warning of "home-based terrorism," attacks by American citizens on American soil. How vulnerable are young American Muslims to radical propaganda? Is the threat being overstated for political purposes?
Banner image: Governor Schwarzenegger speaks at the climate conference in Copenhagen
In this episode
4 stories'Home-based Terrorism:' Politics and Reality
Are American Muslims being radicalized? Is any substantial number likely to go overseas for training and then return to commit terrorist actions on American soil? That's a continuing fear of terrorist experts.
Read the story28 minStep Right Up to Be a Redistricting Commissioner
The State Legislature has fallen to 13% in public opinion polls, and a panel of 14 Californians now has a chance to re-draw district boundaries, which could lead to big changes.
Read the story7 minGovernor Schwarzenegger and Mayor Villaraigosa Go to Copenhagen
Reports from Copenhagen are not optimistic about reaching important agreement on climate change. The US is taking heat for refusing to budge on greenhouse gas reductions the rest of the world calls inadequate. Tens of thousands of delegates — and more than 100 heads of state — are waiting for President Obama to show up on Friday. In the…
Read the story12 minJohnny Hallyday, the 'French Elvis'
Just months after the funeral of Michael Jackson stopped traffic in LA, crowds of reporters have gathered outside Cedars-Sinai Hospital where another music legend is said to be coming out of an induced coma. The difference is that this crowd speaks French.
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