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At the top of President Bush's 2005 list of legislative priorities is an overhaul of Social Security that would replace the current system with private savings accounts. Critics say this plan would dismantle the program's risk-free guarantee as set up in the New Deal. We’ll take a look at the history and future Social Security with FDR scholar William Leuchtenberg and Brookings Economist Henry Aaron. Next, George Kalinsky and Ron Delsener pay tribute to 125 years of history at Madison Square Garden: Garden of Dreams. And Phillip Lopate offers some insight on the photographs of Rudy Burckhardt—from his 1940’s New York streetscapes, to still lifes and portraits of artists in their studios. Finally, New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch joins us for an update on the recent troubles at the United Nations.