Live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, the multi-award winning musical and patriotic extravaganza is capped by a dazzling display of fireworks over the Washington Monument. Featured in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Erich Kunzel are Grammy-winning music legends Huey Lewis and The News, American Idol winner Taylor Hicks plus classical superstars Hayley Westenra and Vittorio Grigolo. Celebration concludes with Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" complete with live cannon fire from the United States Army Presidential Salute Battery. (Closed Captioning) (Stereo)

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This explosive new special takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Washington, D.C. July 4th celebration, featuring one of the largest and most colorful fireworks displays in the world. The program opens in China as the crew observes the making of fireworks and dazzling new pyrotechnic effects. Once the fireworks are shipped to America, an army of technicians undertake the delicate and dangerous tasks of setting up thousands of explosives-filled mortar tubes in preparation for the spectacular display. (Closed Captioning) (Stereo)

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Wide Angle provides an eyewitness account of what the U.N. Secretary-General has called "the largest humanitarian crisis in the world." Reporting from Al Fasher, once a sleepy desert town of 30,000, but today home to 100,000 refugees and 10,000 U.N. personnel, Wide Angle captures the desperation of daily life in the sprawling Abu Shouk refugee camp and the lives of black African villagers who get up every morning to face yet another day filled with threats of looting, murder and rape by Sudan's pro-government Arab militias, known as the Janjaweed. Our cameras follow "the busiest man in Africa" -- charismatic General Martin Luther Agwai, commander of the new combined U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur -- on his mission to coax warring tribes and factions to the negotiating table. (Closed Captioning) (Stereo)

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Acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose engages America's best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders and scientists in one-on-one interviews and roundtable discussions. (Closed Captioning) (Stereo)

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