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Oliver Stone Goes Soft and Puts Audience to Sleep

The Obama administration is starting to do some outreach to find a replacement for Lawrence Summers. Advocates are pushing for a businessperson, a populist, a consensus builder or a woman to become the new head of the National Economic Council.

The GOP hopes a clear statement of principles can counter Democratic criticism that it is the "party of 'no' " and help Republicans win enough seats in November to take control of the House and possibly the Senate.

Women right's advocates have made some strides in recent decades. But most of the world's poorest are female, fewer girls than boys attend school and women are still vastly underrepresented in leadership positions. Former Ireland President Mary Robinson, the World Bank's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and columnist Nicholas Kristof explain the challenges of improving women's lives worldwide.

We'll find out where all the chefs are eating during Restaurant Week and what neighborhood festivals are happening this weekend preview.

The president presented a broad survey of global hot spots, but used much of his speech to promote U.S.-led efforts at reaching a Middle East peace deal. An independent Palestinian state and a secure Israel are achievable within a year, Obama said.

Proposition 23 is asking voters if the state's greenhouse gas emission laws should be suspended until unemployment drops below 5.5 percent for a year. We speak to KPBS Environmental Reporter Ed Joyce about the arguments for and against Proposition 23.

How could state government change if voters approve Proposition 25? We speak to KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge about the impact the state legislature's two-thirds vote requirement for passing a budget has had in California. And, we'll also discuss how the role of the political parties could change if a simple majority is all that's needed to pass a budget.

Proposition 23 on the November ballot would suspend California's greenhouse gas emissions law. Opponents say that could hurt the creation of jobs in San Diego and throughout the state, but the Yes on 23 campaign says the measure would save existing jobs.

Nuclear and biological weapons are covered under arms control pacts. But no such agreement exists for cyberweapons. The reason, experts say, is that some countries see "cyber disarmament" as a way to quash pro-democracy activists.