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Beijing is tearing down many of its historic districts to make way for high-rise apartments and office towers. In the process, the sounds of the city's old neighborhoods are gradually falling silent.

A review of emergency plans for every major American city could be released this week. Those involved say it cites many gaps in planning for the next big disaster. The review was ordered by President Bush in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Reports from around the world, with looks at the Russian election, the American presidential primaries, the Rezko real estate trial, an American-led counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, weekend sports and receipts from the box office.

First, Taymor selected 33 songs from Sony's 200-title Beatles songbook (rights use was reportedly $10 million). She chose songs from the Beatles' early pop years and well as the more socially conscious songs John Lennon was pushing for around the time of the Beatles' break up. She then worked with screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to fashion a story that would weave these songs together into some kind of narrative. She couldn't use any of the Beatles' original recordings, so all the songs are newly arranged and sung by the mostly young cast (a few singing cameos by vets such as Joe Cocker and Bono are sprinkled in).

The Lives of Others

Flash forward nearly two decades. Now Waters has given his seal of approval to both a Broadway play and a film adaptation of that stage musical. He even has a cameo (appropriately enough hes a flasher) in the movies opening number as if to assure his fans that all this is okay.

Alex Chadwick talks to Rep. John Murtha, (D-PA), about his charge that the Pentagon tried to cover up the killing of unarmed civilians by Marines in Haditha, Iraq. Murtha, a former Marine and longtime supporter of the military as a legislator, has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration's occupation of Iraq.

"May I introduce you?"

The Film's the Thing: Shakespeare on Film

The Thai prime minister's party sweeps a general election that was boycotted by the opposition. The prime minister called elections three years early to try to quell growing street protests demanding his resignation. Official results are not in yet. Renee Montagne talks with Michael Sullivan.