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In the past ten years, one third of the executions in the United States have been carried out in the state of Texas. Since 1924, executions in Texas have taken place in the Walls Unit in Huntsville. The Warden of that prison, Jim Willett, narrates a documentary titled Witness to an Execution. It includes first hand accounts from the men and women who participate in and witness executions as part of their jobs. Guards, chaplains and reporters talk about their work -- detailing what occurs in the minutes before, during and after the execution. The prison employees say they do the job because the vast majority of citizens want it done. Most are affected by the work. Some reach the breaking point and find they can no longer work in the system.

The New York Times and its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Judith Miller have presented twin accounts of Miller's role in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. The articles provide details of Miller's testimony -- and open up new questions about the paper's oversight.

Comedian and actor Will Ferrell talks about his new film Stranger Than Fiction. Ferrell plays an accountant who finds that his life has a voiceover that only he can hear. It turns out he's the subject of a novel, and that the writer plans to kill him. Ferrell became famous as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2002, and has gone on to star in movies such as Old School, Elf and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

People are turning toward their local leaders for guidance on coronavirus, but they're also demanding accountability when it comes to police brutality. Now, some constituents are demand they either make changes or resign from office.

Slate magazine editor Jacob Weisberg has a few things to say about the presidency of George W. Bush. He's assembled his thoughts in a book called The Bush Tragedy, which Time magazine political columnist Joe Klein calls a "scorching, powerful and entirely plausible account" of an administration whose "epic collapse" Klein has lately been writing about.

2: Scientists DR. JOSEPH B. MCCORMICK and DR. SUSAN FISHER-HOCH. Their book, in collaboration with Leslie Alan Horvitz, is "Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC" (Turner Publishing, Inc). It's a personal account of this husband/wife team's work with the world's most horrible diseases: Ebola, Lassa fever, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, AIDS.... MCCORMICK was instrumental in the creation of the high-tech "hot zone" lab at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. He spent many years researching and treating patients in remote areas of the world and is now chairman of the Community Health Sciences Department of Aga Khan University in Pakistan. FISHER-HOCH was a pioneer in research on Legionnaire's Disease, Ebola and Lassa Fever. She is currently a professor at Aga Khan University.

Writer BEN HAMPER. His funny first-person account of working in GM's auto factory is "Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line" (Warner Books). HAMPER is a third generation auto worker in Flint, Michigan. He first started writing when he submitted articles to the alternative newspaper, "The Flint Voice." The editor then was Michael Moore, who made the documentary "Roger and Me." Hamper appeared in Moore's documentary and also in the short lived TV program "TV Nation." In 1995 he appeared in "Canandian Bacon," a film starring John Candy. Last year, he moved from the factory town of Flint to Sutton's Bay, MI. (Rebroadcast, originally aired 8/19/91.

Journalist Jack Newfield's close work with Robert F. Kennedy during the last year of his life informs Newfield's 1969 book, RFK: A Memoir, which offers a first-hand account of the assassinated politician and attempts to separate the man from myth.

Over the last year, the Instagram account has become a destination for users looking to escape through celebrity gossip.

He criticized Trump’s past remarks on Russia. In particular, he went after Trump’s reluctance to hold Russia accountable for their invasion of Ukraine — as well as his lack of commitment to NATO.