To The Point! Video Broadcast
With Host Kelly Jo Horton This episode was taped on July 27, 2007″To The Point” – International: Will the families of Iraqi translators be in danger after we withdraw? National: Is it hypocritical to just destroy the embryos instead of allowing them to be used for research? State: Nike is under tremendous pressure to sever its relationship with Atlanta Falcon’s star quarterback Michael Vick, after allegations of brutal dog fighting at his estate. What should Nike, the Atlanta Falcon organization and the NFL do about Vick? Local: In most places in the METRO area, the real estate market seems to be surviving the national real estate recession. The Urban Growth Boundary has created artificial scarcity and that seems to be keeping home owners seeing black. Can this be sustained and is it good for homeowners, home seekers and the local economy?

Topics International: (Matt Wingard) There are hundreds of Iraqi translators and interpreters who have risked their lives over the past few years, helping the United States military in Iraq. They fear that when the U.S. withdraws its troops from Iraq, they and their families will be tortured and or killed. Can the bureaucratic wheels of our government turn fast enough to grant enough visas for these people, or will they be left behind?National: (Richard Donin) President Bush recently vetoed the bipartisan stem cell research legislation that would have made use of blastulas that are currently being destroyed as biological waste. Will this veto lead to the United States falling even further behind the rest of the world in bio-engineering cures? And is it hypocritical to just destroy the embryos instead of allowing them to be used for research?Statewide: (Mike Riley) Nike is under tremendous pressure to sever its relationship with Atlanta Falcon’s star quarterback Michael Vick, after allegations of brutal dog fighting at his estate. What should Nike, the Atlanta Falcon organization and the NFL do about Vick?Local: (Al Young) In most places in the METRO area, the real estate market seems to be surviving the national real estate recession. The Urban Growth Boundary has created artificial scarcity and that seems to be keeping home owners seeing black. Can this be sustained and is it good for homeowners, home seekers and the local economy?If you would like to watch this directly through Google Video, or download the code to imbed it in your web site, go to: