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Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff announces changes to his agency, including more centralized intelligence gathering, stronger border protection and better transportation security.

Cambodian musician Daran Kravanh survived the "killing fields" and genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime, with the help of an unlikely ally: an accordion. Being a musician kept him alive during the brutal antil-Western genocide.

Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, testifies in Congress about protecting local transit systems from terrorist attacks. Democrats are questioning the Bush administration's spending priorities and security for mass transit.

Relations between the White House and its press corps have turned sour this week over the Karl Rove controversy. ABC correspondent Ann Compton about the storied relationship between journalists and presidential administrations. Compton's White House career has spanned six Presidents.

How do we open ourselves to the connections that can unite us even across racial, political or religious differences? Iranian-born writer Azar Nafisi finds the answer in a classic of American literature.

Ed Gordon discusses Wednesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery with NASA's acting chief operating officer Frederick Gregory, a veteran of three shuttle flights and the first African-American shuttle commander. It is the first shuttle mission since February 2003, when the Columbia shuttle broke apart while re-entering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.

StoryCorps, the oral history project, opens a new recording booth in New York, at the site of the World Trade Center. An initial piece of the planned memorial, the booth will provide a way for those who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001, to share their stories.

Monica Brady-Myerov of member station WBUR reports on new security cameras in Chelsea, Mass., that will put most of the city under video surveillance. Residents and business owners have differing opinions on how effective the cameras will be in deterring crime.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist is in the hospital. His spokeswoman at the Supreme Court says he went in because of a fever, and is being held for tests and observation. The chief justice is suffering from thyroid cancer, but he has confounded the pundits in Washington, who have long predicted his retirement.

Mimi Valdes is editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine and a commentator for TV specials such as Black in the 80s. Her booklist features a mix of new fiction, classic drama and nonfiction.