Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Financial Bail-Out Rejected

10 a.m. (ET)

The House of Representatives rejected the administration's $700 billion financial bail out package sending the stock market tumbling. A look at why the measure failed and what proponents of the plan are hoping to do next.

Nancy Nichols "Lake Effect" (Island Press)

11 a.m. (ET)

A journalist explores the link between the pollution in her Great Lakes town and the rare forms of cancer in her family.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.