Monday, July 8, 2013

The survival rate for U.S. plane crashes from 1983 to 2000 is higher than you might think, and experts say there are measures passengers can take — even down to which seat you pick — that increase the chances of making it through such a disaster alive.

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8:20 p.m. Dan Deevy, WTOP’s Guy in LA

A preview of "Pacific Rim" and the latest from a local film festival.


7:30 p.m. Amy Hawthorne, senior fellow with the Rafik Harriri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council on Egypt

What will happen next in Egypt


7:20 p.m. Tom Costello, NBC News correspondent

Asiana crash investigation focuses on what happened inside the cockpit


5:50 p.m. Alan Butler, appellate advocacy council with Electronic Privacy Information Center

Petition to overturn FISA ruling that requires Verizon to turn over phone records to feds


5:20 p.m. Edward-Isaac Dovere, White House Editor for POLITICO

The political futures of Eliot Spitzer and Rick Perry


4:50 p.m. – Jill Schlesinger, business analyst for CBS News

What this week’s stock numbers mean for your portfolio


3:50 p.m. – Mark Rosenkerr, CBS News aviation and transportation analyst and former NTSB chairman

What happened in the final minutes before Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash landed at San Francisco’s airport?


3:10 p.m. – JJ Green, WTOP National Security Correspondent

Should the U.S. get more involved in the Egypt crisis?


2:20 p.m. – Fairfax Hackley, personal trainer

Vitality: The missing link to your fitness and longevity


12:51 p.m. – Dave Ross, commentator

Our trust in machines and the people who run them


11:20 a.m. – Nancy Yousef, Middle East bureau chief with McClatchy Newspapers in Cairo

The latest in Cairo


10:50 a.m. – Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland

Conflict in Egypt



10:20 a.m. – Mary Schiavo, former Department of Transportation inspector general

Factors behind the San Francisco plane crash


9:40 a.m. – Scott Mayerowitz, travel and aviation reporter, Associated Press

Why plane crashes are now more survivable


9:20 a.m. – Dr. Kathleen Hall, founder, The Stress Institute

Tips for a stress-free vacation


8:50 a.m. – Jim Brauchle, aviation lawyer

Asiana crash


8:20 a.m. – Chuck Todd, chief White House correspondent, NBC

The week in politics


7:50 a.m. – Marc Ginsberg, former U.S. ambassador to Morocco

Egypt and U.S. involvement


7:40 a.m. – Francis Rose, host, In-depth with Francis Rose on WFED

Furlough week is upon is


6:10 a.m. – Ed Yeranian, correspondent in Cairo, CBS

The latest in Egypt


Some of the things that can stain your teeth

WTOP’s Kristi King reports


Making your spray tan last longer

WTOP’s Kristi King reports


D.C. heat, intense sun is downright dangerous for asthma sufferers

WTOP’s Paula Wolfson


Data Doctors

Home automation without the big bucks


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