Ellen Ratner interviews Michael Weinstein, author of "God on Our Side."

Weinstein says that we have our own version of the Christian Taliban in the United States. (0:34)
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Ellen Ratner asks Michael Weinstein about the dual oath some West Point graduates make at graduation- to the U.S. Military as well as Jesus.

Weinstein says that the people that control the military today want it to be a Christian military field. Their goal is to have a spiritually transformed military with ambassadors for Christ in uniform that are empowered by the Holy Spirit. (1:19)
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Ellen Ratner and Victoria Jones ask Dr. Michael Economedes, author of "The Color of Oil," how much oil we really have left.

Dr. Economedes estimates that it will be decades before we peak oil and that we will have commercial oil for at least another 300 years. (0:42)
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Ellen Ratner and Victoria Jones ask Dr. Economedes why we should think about Russia when it comes to oil.

Dr. Economedes discusses how Russia has a huge influence on U.S. oil and how it won't be long before Russia will once again be an adversary of the United States. (1:07)
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Ellen Rater asks Michael Weisskopf, Senior Correspondent for Time magazine and author of "Blood Brothers," how he deals with the loss of his right hand to a grenade in Iraq.

Weisskopf says that he used to be very self conscious about his injury but now he takes pride in his injury because he saved lives with it. (1:16)
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Victoria Jones asks Michael Weisskopf about the anger caused by amputations.

Michael Weisskopf says most of his anger is directed towards fate and towards himself for not throwing the grenade fast enough. He describes the anger of the younger men as different because they were physical specimens. Their anger is not directed towards the war or President Bush but towards their situation. (1:32)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Press secretary Tony Snow about the definition of victory in Iraq.

Snow remarks that the goal in Iraq is for a democracy and that the goal was set by the Iraqi people; who were never willing to give it up. (0:31)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about secret CIA prisons (part 1)

Sectary Snow pushes there were no claims made about secret prisons by the president and refuses to acknowledge the term 'secret prisons'. (0:42)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about secret CIA prisons (part 2)

Secretary Snow refuses to comment more about the prisons and on what has happened since the Military Commissions Act of 2006 had been signed. (0:50)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about the Jim Baker Report.

Secretary Snow provides a response on the actions the committee is taking. (0:41)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about Senator Chuck Hagel's (R-NE) comments about needing a new strategy in Iraq.

Secretary Snow refutes Hagel's claims and challenges them. (1:10)
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Victoria Jones asks Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) whether or not he, after speaking to a number of people in Iraq, had a sense of the current number of Iraqi civilian deaths.

Sen. Reed said he believes the number of deaths is not as low as some of the current estimates but probably is not as high as the 600 thousand plus estimate that was released today. He said that civilian casualties are growing. (1:22)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about President Bush's approval ratings and how it will affect the mid-term elections

Secretary Snow provides a brief response regarding President Bush's approval ratings and its impact on the upcoming elections. (0:32)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Spokesperson Dana Perino on President Bush's opinion on former Attorney General John Ashcroft's new book

Spokesperson Perino fails to comment. (0:25)
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Victoria Jones asks White House Press Secretary Tony Snow why President Bush's administration is not worried that voters will remain at home during the mid-term elections

Press Secretary Snow responds by asserting that President Bush's administration does believe voter intensity is important and plans to emphasize their plans for the future in order to keep voters interest. (1:51)
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Victoria Jones questions White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on a candidate's ability to talk about their individual agenda's when all questions asked are regarding the Mark Foley scandal

Press Secretary Snow displays confidence in the voters by asserting that he believes that voters know that each individual candidate can not be held accountable for Foley's actions. (0:40)
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Victoria Jones asks White House Press Secretary Tony Snow to confirm or deny whether or not attacks are taking place every 15 minutes in Iraq, as indicated by Bob Woodward's new book.

Press Secretary Tony Snow tells Jones that Woodward is referring to a regular report that is classified, therefore he can neither confirm or deny whether or not attacks are taking place. (0:30)
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Victoria Jones presses White House Press Secretary Tony Snow to give his opinion, on whether or not the release of Woodward's book was in any way political.

Press Secretary Tony Snow admits that although his opinion doesn't matter, it is "a state of the obvious." Snow says
we have a tough and committed enemy and will look weak if we stop fighting. He says the United States will not walk away. (1:56)
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Press Secretary Tony Snow states that even if the report of attacks every 15 minutes was confirmed, it wouldn't be a surprise or something that would make the United States walk away from Iraq. (0:27)

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Ellen Ratner interviews former Virginia Governor Mark Warner about the reconstruction of the Gulf coast.

Warner explains how he went to New Orleans to work on health care issues such as the shortage of medical equipment. (02:16)
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