Season 2007
30 episodes · Jan 20, 2007
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- S2007E1
The War Within
Jan 20, 200760mChristiane Amanpour examines Muslim extremism in the U.K. Included: the alienation many Muslim youths experience in Western societies.
- S2007E2
The Journalist and the Jihadi
Feb 10, 200760mChristine Amanpour narrates report on the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, whose investigation of Islamic militants resulted in a fateful meeting with Omar Sheikh in Pakistan in 2002. Included are remarks by Pearl family members; and acquaintances of both men.
- S2007E3
MLK: Words That Changed a Nation
Feb 17, 200760mSoledad O'Brien profiles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., via interviews with former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and activist Dorothy Cotton. Also: how part of King's I Have a Dream speech was ad-libbed; the genesis of his Letter From Birmingham Jail.
- S2007E4
Ambush at the River of Secrets
Mar 3, 200760mA report on a Jan. 26, 2005 ambush on the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Haqlaniyah, Iraq, which resulted in the deaths of four soldiers.
- S2007E5
Fatal Journey
Mar 10, 200760mAn examination of the March 2, 2007, accident in Atlanta involving a charter bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team. Seven people died, including the driver and his wife.
- S2007E6
Death Squads
Mar 17, 200760mJohn Roberts examines the Shia death squads operating in Iraq and their alleged connection to government officials. Included: insights from former Iraqi interior minister Bayan Jabr; L. Paul Bremer III, the former administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority; and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad.
- S2007E7
Grady's Anatomy
Mar 24, 200760mThe world of young doctors is examined at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, one of the busiest Level 1 trauma centers in the region, through the eyes of four interns and CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who is an attending neurosurgeon at the hospital.
- S2007E8
What Is a Christian? God, Faith and Hard Science
Apr 6, 200760mA look at the tenets of Christianity and how they apply to science. Included: whether science and religion can coexist. Anderson Cooper hosts.
- S2007E9
Chasing Life
Apr 14, 200760mBased on Dr. Sanjay Gupta's 2007 book “Chasing Life,” this episode features the CNN chief medical correspondent's look at longevity. Included: the importance of diet and exercise; stem-cell therapy; the aging process.
- S2007E10
Massacre at Virginia Tech
Apr 21, 200760mSoledad O'Brien anchors an account of the rampage at Virginia Tech that claimed the lives of 32 people, plus the gunman. Included: a minute-by-minute account; how the shooter acquired his weapons.
- S2007E11
We Were Warned: Edge of Disaster
Apr 28, 200760mAnderson Cooper hosts this look at how prepared the U.S. is to face another Hurricane Katrina-level natural disaster or terrorist attack. Included: “soft” targets in the nation's food supply, port security and power grids; the level of readiness for biological and germ attacks.
- S2007E12
Month of Mayhem
May 12, 200760mCNN International anchor Michael Holmes reports on what life is like in Iraq. Included: bombings in markets and at universities; attacks on civilians and military troops.
- S2007E13
Danger: Poisoned Food
May 19, 200760mDr. Sanjay Gupta investigates the safety of the nation's food supply, which the CDC estimates is responsible for causing some 76 million people to become sick every year, with an approximate 325,000 requiring hospitalization and 5,000 dying. Included: an interview with Dr. Robert E. Brackett, the director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; the experiences of a family who became ill after eating E. coli-contaminated greens.
- S2007E14
Battlefield Breakdown
Jun 30, 200760mJohn King reports on the unintended consequences of the Iraq War, which include more than 3500 American dead; a cost of some $500 billion; and the fact that two-thirds of the Army's 42 active brigades aren't battle ready. Included: comments from Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.); and Stephen and Kay Castner, whose son Stephen died in Iraq.
- S2007E15
Criminally Insane
Jul 14, 200760mSoledad O'Brien reports on criminally insane felons and why the warning signs in individuals are sometimes missed. Included are interviews with Lionel Dahmer, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's father; and David Kaczynski, brother of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski.
- S2007E16
Road to Ruin: Are We Safe?
Aug 3, 200760mThe Minnesota bridge collapse is investigated by Soledad O'Brien, Drew Griffin, Jim Acosta and Ted Rowlands.
- S2007E17
Growing Up Diana
Aug 21, 200760mSoledad O'Brien examines Princess Diana's early years. Included: inside her childhood home; where she and Prince Charles first met; how her parents' divorce impacted her; and remarks from family members, friends and a childhood nanny.
- S2007E18
Children of the Storm
Aug 29, 200760mCNN's Soledad O'Brien and Spike Lee help 11 Gulf Coast teens tell their Katrina-recovery stories in video-diary form. Filmed between January and August 2007, the entries detail their hopes, as well as challenges they continue to face.
- S2007E19
Narco State: The Poppy Jihad
Sep 8, 200760mAnderson Cooper reports on Afghanistan, where the Taliban is using profits from the poppy trade to fuel its resurgence. Included: efforts by NATO and U.S. forces to eradicate the drug trade; a visit to a Taliban-controlled area.
- S2007E20
Afghanistan: Lifting the Veil
Sep 15, 200760mIn this powerful follow-up to the 2001 “CNN Presents” episode “Beneath the Veil,” about life for Afghan women under the Taliban, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy traversed Afghanistan to see whether conditions have improved since the Taliban were ousted. She discovered that while some hope exists, change has been slow. For example, though the government no longer requires women to wear burqas, their husbands and families do. Included: women who committed self-immolation; a girls' school.
- S2007E21
Judgment in Jena
Sep 22, 200760mKyra Phillips reports on the “Jena 6” case, in which six black Jena, La., high-school students are being prosecuted for injuring a white classmate during a schoolyard brawl, while none of the white youths involved were charged.
- S2007E22
Fed Up: America's Killer Diet
Sep 22, 200760mDr. Sanjay Gupta examines diet's impact on the brain and the rest of the body. Included: Dr. Mark Jacobsen (Center for Science in the Public Interest); Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa); LaDonna Redmond, a Chicago agriculture activist; and psychiatrist Joseph Hibbeln.
- S2007E23
Ahmadinejad: Soldier of God
Sep 29, 200760mChristiane Amanpour profiles Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and discusses modern-day Iran. Included: an interview with Ahmadinejad about Iran's nuclear program.
- S2007E24
The Minds of the D.C. Snipers
Oct 10, 200760mSoledad O'Brien examines the Beltway sniper case that terrorized the mid-Atlantic region in October 2002. Included: comments from the families of convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, and Charles A. Moose, former chief of the Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department; an interview with Muhammad.
- S2007E25
The Noose: An American Nightmare
Oct 23, 200760mKyra Phillips reports on an upsurge in incidents in which nooses are displayed in an attempt to intimidate black people. Included: the historical significance of the noose; insights from historian James Allan and the Southern Poverty Law Center's Mark Potok; investigating hate crimes in Nassau County, N.Y.; what Philadelphia educators teach students about racial intolerance in America's past.
- S2007E26
Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling
Nov 7, 200760mAn interview with WWE chairman Vince McMahon accents this look at pro wrestling, whose participants are more likely to die young than their counterparts in other professional sports. Drew Griffin reports.
- S2007E27
Bloodspilled
Nov 10, 200760mProblems facing the Veterans Administration are examined via the experiences of Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth, a former Blackhawk pilot and double amputee, who is the director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
- S2007E28
Amanpour Reports: Czar Putin
Nov 30, 200760mChristiane Amanpour examines modern-day Russia, which critics say has devolved from democracy to autocratic rule under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin.
- S2007E29
Iran: Fact or Fiction
Dec 7, 200760mA look at what's known about Iran in light of the NIE report about its nuclear capabilities. Included: remarks from former secretary of state Madeleine Albright; former Afghanistan special envoy James Dobbins; former presidential adviser David Gergen; former UN chief weapons inspector David Kay; and American Enterprise Institute vice president Danielle Pletka. Campbell Brown and Frank Sesno report.
- S2007E30
Pakistan: Terror Central
Dec 28, 200760mA report on terrorism in Pakistan, including the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.