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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Season 2011 Episode 600 | 53m 28s

Tonight on the program, we get the latest on the crisis in Libya as thousands desperately headed for the border, trying to escape. Also, the House of Representatives takes a major step toward averting a federal government shutdown and we examine the fallout over collective bargaining in Wisconsin. Finally, we hear the poetry of Charles Wright.

Aired: 02/28/11 | Expires: 03/28/11
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