Anna Sale here on the day shift.

We had a great conversation this morning that gave all of us pause in the control room. As the Senate returns this week to vote on unemployment extension, we heard from two people who have received their last unemployment check. Instead of the stark, binary political debate about the extension, their stories let us into the very emotional calculations and internal debate around asking for and taking help. We also heard from a lot of you, and we will continue this conversation tomorrow. We are reaching out to economists who can explain why the program was designed with an expiration date, and we'll ask whether that makes sense in this job market. Economist Paul Krugman already offered his assessment in a column in The New York Times this week. Tell us what you think.

We'll also talk to primatologist Jane Goodall tomorrow. It's been fifty years since she first ventured into the Gombe National Park in Tanzania to study chimpanzees. We talk with her about how animal and environmental conservation has changed during her career. We also talk with her about the future of conservation, and how she thinks the movement needs to evolve to confront today's environmental challenges.

Just this afternoon, the Obama Administration has filed suit against Arizona's controversial new immigration law, seeking to block the law from taking effect next month.Tomorrow, we'll find out what it will actually mean for Arizona's law with our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich.

Finally, just as we did in the unemployment conversation today, we're excited about a conversation tomorrow that opens a new window into the entrenched debate about the death penalty. Robert Elder has just published “Last Words of the Executed”, an affecting book that chronicles the final moments of the condemned. It's a cultural history of sorts that merely presents a record of how convicted criminals faced their final moments. We’ll talk about what last words can teach us about particular cultural moments, crime and justice, and our own humanity.