Week In The News: Bloody Cairo, Stop And Frisk, Airline Merger Grounded

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Bloody Egypt, overshadowing everything this week.  A huge death toll, shot down in the streets, and now big questions about American foreign policy and the unraveling of the Arab Spring.

In New York, a judge says “stop and frisk” police tactics have gone too far, too racial.  Mayor Bloomberg says he needs them.  In Washington, the Justice Department looks to pull back on mandatory minimum drug sentences and overcrowded prisons.

And in the Smoky Mountains, a judge says no to a mother naming her baby Messiah.

This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

- Tom Ashbrook