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Airs Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Kenya on Monday. Washington wants President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to strike a power-sharing agreement to end violence that has plagued the nation since the December presidential election.

A massive tsunami triggered by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded smashed into Japan Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes.

The deal brokered in Copenhagen "lays the foundation for international action," the president said. The challenge now is to build momentum in the U.S. for a clean energy economy. The first part of that effort is legislation waiting in the Senate.

The global financial storm has spawned calls for economic reform --- especially in the United States. Experts see America's lightly regulated, dynamic style of capitalism moving toward a slower-growing, more stable model.

The journalist Juan Williams is out with a new book this week. In it, he makes the case that his acrimonious termination last fall by NPR is part of a larger and ominous pattern of suppressing undesired voices.

Are immigration issues in Norway feeding extremism? The attack in Norway, killing at least 76 people, sent shock waves around the world. Details about the suspected killer are still emerging but his actions appear to be motivated in part by anti-Muslim beliefs. Could something like this happen here? We'll get local reaction from San Diego's Norwegian Consul and find out how bigoted beliefs become terrorist acts.

Michael Chabon's sprawling novel features a multiracial cast of characters, from gay teens to former blaxploitation stars. It's a celebration and gentle sendup of the countercultural norms and racial politics of life in the Bay Area, revolving around efforts by two men to save their record store.

A bill introduced by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday to end the federal law that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony Wednesday on a bill that would repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act and, for the first time, give federal benefits to same-sex couples who marry. Even in states where gay marriage is legal, federal benefits are denied.