Fw: TONIGHT on NOW with Bill Moyers (2/1/02)

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----- Original Message ----- From: Public Affairs Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:33 PM moyers-update@... Subject: TONIGHT on NOW with Bill Moyers (2/1/02) NOW WITH BILL MOYERS on PBS on Friday, February 1 (TONIGHT) at 9:00 p.m. (check local listings)What did Lay say to Vice President Cheney in his private meeting at the White House?Does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) threaten American Democracy?In a special collaboration with FRONTLINE and THE NEW YORK TIMES, NOW brings you behind the scenes of the Enron scandal to find out what Lay said to Vice President Cheney in his private meeting at the White House. In this interview with investigative journalist Lowell Bergman, Lay claims that he was unaware that he was the only CEO of a major electric company to confer privately with the Vice President as he formulated his national energy strategy. In "What Now Wants," Lay also confirms that Enron submitted to the White House a list of nominees that the company wanted considered for a key federal agency overseeing the energy industry.NOW reports on a little known provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) called Chapter 11, designed to protect investors if foreign governments tried to seize their property. It turns out, these obscure treaty provisions may threaten democracy itself. NOW explores the secret recesses of American democracy and uncovers how multinational corporations have acquired the power to demand compensation if laws aimed at protecting the environment or public health harm them financially.NOW also considers the plight of the families of dozens of illegal immigrants who never came home on September 11 from their jobs at Ground Zero. Of the lucky ones who made it out, many are now out of work and have little support. What is the fate of these victims of the World Trade Center tragedy and how should America respond?Among the additional segments in NOW this week will be: residents from , Iowa will talk about being American and the impact of immigration on their communities (courtesy of Iowa Public Television); award-winning poet Shirley Geok-lin Lim will read a poem about her American identity; and NPR News contributor and humorist/actor Harry Shearer will offer his take on the State of the Union.NOW WITH BILL MOYERS ONLINE at PBS.org (www.pbs.org/now). Log on to the site to read Enron executives' briefing paper which they used to prepare for their meeting with Vice President Cheney, learn more about NAFTA's Chapter 11, access additional information about the families profiled in "The Invisible Ones," read the "Poem of the Week," join the ongoing discussion about the critical issues covered in NOW and more.You have received this email because you asked to be informed of information on upcoming Bill Moyers programs. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the weekly Public Affairs Television newsletter, visit www.pbs.org/now/newsletter.html.