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Voices in the news

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including a friend of the late Simon Weisenthal; Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV); Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); R. David Paulsion, acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Connie Mallet, a bartender at Channelview Ice House in Texas; Capt. Jesse Garcia of the Dallas Fire Department; Meteorologist Chris Landsea of the National Hurricane Center; Judge Robert Eckels of Harris County, Texas.
Read entire article at NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"