*Reshaping Somerville *Interview- Niall Ferguson *Interview- Anneke van Woudenberg *Legacy of Waste

NEED TO KNOW for Friday, September 24th on PBS at 8:30 p.m. (check local listings). Episode #121. To find out about developing stories, visit www.pbs.org/needtoknow.  Need to Know is a production of Creative News Group for WNET.ORG. Viewers can visit www.pbs.org/needtoknow for updates on these stories and more. Note: Stories are subject to change due to breaking news.

*Reshaping Somerville- With childhood obesity epidemic in the United States, Need to Know medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay travels to Somerville, Massachusetts, where the town is experimenting with a community based program that's having promising results. A Blueprint America special report.

*Interview- Niall Ferguson- Bestselling author and Harvard University historian Niall Ferguson talks with Jon Meacham about balancing the federal budget, the Tea Party movement, and the jobless recovery

*Interview- Anneke van Woudenberg- Alison Stewart speaks with Human Rights Watch's Anneke van Woudenberg about the roots of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the use of rape as a weapon against the women causes the destruction of the country's communities.

*Legacy of Waste- As nuclear energy is touted as a necessary part of US energy policy, and plans are in the works to construct the first new nuclear power reactors in decades, there is still no resolution to the question, where do we store all the waste from those power plants? The Maine Yankee power plant, closed years ago, is just the starting point to a report on the high costs of indecision