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10:00Air Traffic and Flight Delays

The FAA is moving ahead on a new GPS-based air traffic control system that will replace radar. We'll talk about this new system and on-going concerns over flight delays.

Guests

John Meenan, chief operating officer, Air Transport Association

Michael Boyd, aviation consultant

Patrick Forrey, President National Air Traffic Controllers Association

Steve Brown, senior vice president for operations, National Business Aviation Association

11:00Prosecutorial Misconduct

Former North Carolina prosecutor Michael Nifong was disbarred for withholding exculpatory evidence, dishonesty and fraud. What the case against the Duke lacrosse players may reveal about the power of prosecutors and the potential for prosecutorial misconduct

Guests

Stuart Taylor, senior writer with National Journal magazine, contributing editor at Newsweek, and coauthor with KC Johnson of "Until Proven Innocent: Politcal Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case" (Thomas Dunne Books)

Barry Scheck, co-founder and co-director of the Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Joshua Marquis, District Attorney, Astoria Oregon also serves as a VP, National District Attorneys Association

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