Thursday, May 23, 2013

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Youths with the National People's Action group link arms in solidarity for immigration reform outside the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform, Monday, April 22 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A bill to enact dramatic changes to the nation's immigration system and put some 11 million immigrants here illegally on a path to citizenship is facing its first congressional test as lawmakers begin considering proposed changes to the 844-page legislation. - (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Prospects For Immigration Reform Legislation

10 a.m. (ET)

A key Senate panel approves an immigration plan that would provide the nation’s 11 million unauthorized immigrants a path to citizenship. Details of the bipartisan bill and its prospects in Congress.

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Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner” and "And the Mountains Echoed," in a December 2007 file photo. - (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Khaled Hosseini: "And The Mountains Echoed"

11 a.m. (ET)

The author of the international best-seller “The Kite Runner” sets his latest novel in Afghanistan, San Francisco and Paris. How a wrenching family decision echoes across generations and time zones.

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