Jon Meacham offers a comparison between President Kennedys mistakes during the Bay of Pigs and the difficulties President Obama faces in the current political climate

Need to Know has been following the story of military families who have given up everything to care for wounded veterans at home. Correspondent Maria Hinojosa revisits the story to find out why they are still waiting for support promised in legislation that President Obama signed last year.

Need To Know correspondent Win Rosenfeld talks with Jon Wertheim, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and co-author of Scorecasting, about how morality, psychology and economics play out on the sporting field, in our offices and at home.

Jon Meacham speaks with journalist veteran journalist and author Jeff Greenfield about his new book "Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan."

Education Secretary Arne Duncan talks to Jon Meacham about the Obama administration's push to revise No Child Left Behind and how the U.S. can regain lost ground in educational excellence.

On April 24, 2004, the Renaud brothers were embedded with the U.S. Army in Iraq. Their cameras were rolling as a rocket attack struck an American military base in Baghdad, killing four soldiers and severely wounding Wayne Irelan and Anthony Smith. This story brings these soldiers together and tells the story of how those few seconds in Iraq changed their lives forever.

Clinical trials are vital to making advancements in how we treat cancer. But many patients and their doctors are hesitant about participating in research studies. Elly Cohen, Ph.D., is program director of a website that matches patients with appropriate clinical trials. She says that accurate information is what patients need most to make these shared decisions with their medical providers.

Need to Know correspondent Abby Leonard reports from Japan where she spoke with an anti nuclear activist who called the current crisis there Japans third nuclear bomb this one self-inflicted.

Michael Levi, a nuclear expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the nuclear crisis in Japan and what it means for nuclear energy in the United States.

Jon Wertheim, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and co-author of the book "Scorecasting," offers some tips for filling out your bracket this year.

Editorial cartoonist Steve Brodner conducts an "illustrated interview" with author Eduardo Porter about income inequality in America.

Governors from across the country -- not just in Wisconsin -- say that public union workers' salaries and benefits are wreaking havoc with their state budgets. But are state workers really to blame for the economic plight of states? Need to Know examines the facts behind one of the most contentious arguments in the news today.

While state budget deficits force administrators at public colleges and universities to make painful cuts, one area not feeling the budget knife much is intercollegiate sports. Need to Know travels to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio to see how the pressure to compete as a NCAA Division I program is affecting the classroom.

Jon Meacham talks to Professor Gregory Wawro of Columbia University about the controversial political tactics being used by legislators in Wisconsin and Indiana to avoid being forced to vote on legislation cutting benefits and collective bargaining rights for public employee unions.

The city of Norfolk, Virginia, is already experiencing the effects of sea-level rise. Streets that used to flood only occasionally now fill with sea-water every time there's a full-moon. Need to Know reports on how one American city is dealing with a problem that may soon be on all our doorsteps.

Our report on Norfolk, VA looks at the effect sea level rise has on one town in Virginia. However, sea level rise isn't the only potential effect of climate change and Norfolk certainly won't be the only place affected. Alison speaks with Mark Hertsgaard, author of "Hot: Living Through The Next Fifty Years on Earth," about what other cities around the country can expect.

An investigation by the Sacramento Bee digs deep into the California National Guard. Bee reporter Charles Piller and a former federal auditor tell Need To Know how as much as $100 million of taxpayer money may have been improperly or illegally paid out to undeserving Guard members in the form of cash bonuses or loan repayments.

ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten discusses a congressional report on potential violations of the Clean Water Act, following up on a previous investigative report by Need to Know.

Alison Stewart interviews Michael Wahid Hanna of the Century Foundation to discuss the likely new political structure in Egypt.