In These Times

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 1, 2010

The Times Square bombing attempt rattled the city over the weekend, and now the search is on for a "person of interest." Bob Hennelly  and Arun Venugopal  report on the latest. Plus, the World Expo kicked off in Shanghai over the weekend - Louisa Lim of NPR is there and discusses why this event - which cost significantly more than the Olympics – has so much riding on it. Plus, John Burns  of the New York Times on the UK elections; and the “War on Moms.”

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