Lou Dobbs Tonight
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Tonight, a day after front-runners Barack Obama and John McCain
handily beat their opponents in several presidential primaries,
we’ll have the latest on the still-rancorous presidential
campaign. Plus we’ll have the latest on the military’s efforts
to shoot down a broken spy satellite that’s falling to Earth.

The sub-prime mortgage crisis continues to hurt middle class
Americans. Now sub-prime car loans are leading to massive repos
of cars and trucks. We’ll check out a repo impound lot, and
take an in-depth look at the knock-on effects of the sub-prime
mortgage crisis.

Small businesses are experiencing a credit crunch due to the
tighter lending standards caused by the mortgage crisis.
Because businesses, by nature, often expand by running up debt,
and many businesses may have loaded up in recent years, the
Small Business association says businesses are having trouble
getting loans and it’s a deep concern. We’ll have the story.

Last night in Texas three public meetings were held on the
proposal to build a so-called NAFTA Superhighway across the
state from our border with Mexico. The project is not going
over well with thousands of people who’ve shown up to previous
town hall meetings held by the state. A closer look at that
controversy, tonight.

A federal judge in Arizona yesterday allowed the state’s
employer sanctions law to go forward. The judge said that the
business lobby is not likely to succeed in having the law
overturned by the 9th circuit, and almost wholeheartedly agreed
with a Harvard study showing that illegal immigration drives
down wages. Join us for that story.

And Nancy Nord, the head of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, continues to come under fire for the unsafe Chinese
toys recalled in this country. But she does not seem to find
China or the goods produced by the Communist country a threat.
We’ll have a special report.

Lou’s new book INDEPENDENTS DAY is now on sale in bookstores
and on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. In Independents Day,
Lou issues a rallying cry to American citizens eager for a
change, focusing particularly on the critical issues and
challenges of the 2008 election.