How vulnerable is the Midwest to future tornadoes?

Tornadoes tear through Midwest, flatten towns

Violent tornadoes swept across the Midwest this weekend, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Al Jazeera America meteorologist Kevin Corriveau and Chicago-based storm chaser Adam Lucio join host Antonio Mora to discuss the severity of the event from a meteorological perspective. 

Slow process of recovery begins in Philippines

We get an update on the situation in the Philippines from Rafael Lopa, director of United Way in the Philippines, who joins Antonio Mora to tell us more about how survivors of Typhoon Haiyan are faring.

Oprah says Obama has been victim of racism

Oprah Winfrey has generated controversy due to comments she made in a recent BBC interview. Winfrey said racism plays into some people’s disrespect for President Obama, and that racism is a largely generational issue that will recede as the generations go on. Tricia Rose, director for the Center of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University and Ward Connerly, President of the American Civil Rights Institute, discuss Oprah’s comments with Antonio Mora.

“The Siege” recounts 2008 Mumbai terror attacks

Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, authors of “The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel,” join Antonio Mora to discuss their book. “The Siege” provides an investigative account of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai by looking at how the men who carried out the plot were trained and how they used an American double agent to gain inside information about the Taj’s layout.

How did Mars become a barren desert?

NASA spacecraft MAVEN launched today, and it’s on its way to Mars. MAVEN (an acronym for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission) will study Mars’ atmosphere in an attempt to understand how the Red Planet evolved over time. The Franklin Institute Science Museum’s chief astronomer Derrick Pitts will join Antonio Mora to discuss the mission and other recent news in the world of space.