Note: Stories subject to change due to breaking news.

*Juarez, Mexico: The War Next Door
*Guest Interview on U.S./Mexico Relations
*Joe Sullivan interview
*Hate Speech
*California Medical Marijuana Clinics
*Karr on Culture
*Next Week’s News 

Note: Stories subject to change due to breaking news.

*Juarez, Mexico: The War Next Door - As Mexico's President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa meets with President Obama in Washington, DC, this week to discuss U.S./Mexican policies, there is a war happening on the U.S/Mexican border. More than 22,700 people have been killed in Mexican drug violence since December 2006, more than the highest estimates of military and civilian deaths in the entire Afghanistan war. NEED TO KNOW explores the problem from the viewpoint of the victims of the violence, the community leaders and lawyers trying to find political solutions, youth who are at the center of the issues and the U.S. government agencies that are policing the border.

*Guest Interview on U.S./Mexico Relations - Jon Meacham interviews Stephen Handelman, managing editor at Americas Quarterly magazine about America's policy and role in the Mexican drug situation.

*Exclusive: Joe Sullivan interview - This week, the Supreme Court handed down the decision that ruled life without parole for juveniles who have not committed murder is cruel and unusual punishment, and therefore unconstitutional. This decision is in part based on scientific evidence that concluded that adolescent brains are undeveloped and qualitatively different from adult brains, which have developed the capacity for moral judgment. NEED TO KNOW traveled to Florida to interview Joe Sullivan, one of the plaintiffs in the case, for his reaction.

*Hate Speech - In the wake of this week's news of an Alabama teacher questioned by the Secret Service after using the hypothetical assassination of President Barack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geometry students, Jon Meacham explores the danger that lurks when hateful political rhetoric becomes violent political action.

*California Medical Marijuana Clinics - California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996. Now, medical marijuana clinics are more prevalent in cities such as Los Angeles than Starbucks. This November, Californians will vote on an initiative that would legalize the use of medical marijuana for any citizen over 21. Need to Know takes a look at the social and economic impact of medical marijuana clinics and how other states are looking to regulate the drug.

*Karr on Culture - After Tuesday's election results, the fundamental mechanism of the process is back in the news. Nearly 10 years after hanging chads and butterfly ballots decided the presidential election, the way we vote still hasn't changed. Correspondent Rick Karr takes a look at America's voting machines.

*Next Week's News - Satirist Andy Borowitz gives his perspective on the news of the future.