Sadanand Dhume speaks with John Hockenberry about how India is coming to grip with the attacks.

Dhume thinks the regional repercussions will be the story as we look ahead for the rest of the week, as we find out what kind of proof, if any, India has of Pakistani involvement and what kind of Involvement that is. Depending on what is found out, the fear is that we could be facing a situation in South Asia where you have a very weak government in Pakistan and a teetering government in India amid a passionate exchange of charges and counter charges.

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Adam Mynott talks to John Hockenberry about the fallout from the Mumbai attacks. Mynott reports from the largest railway station in Mumbai, the scene at the greatest death toll on Wednesday, where gunmen killed 50 people on platform 13. But today, Mynott says the people are getting back to work.

The repercussions globally from the Mumbai attacks have continued, but things are most critical in India. The most significant news is the fallout in the Indian government and reports that one of the gunman has been captured by Indian authorities and has been interrogated. The gunman is badly injured and in the hospital but has been giving some information. As to how accurate the information is, it's hard to establish. The gunman has lead authorities to believe that the attack was formulated in Pakistan, the attackers came ashore by boat and proceded to mount their attacks.

In the Indian government, there is evidence coming through that intelligence about this possible attack was circulating but was not acted upon. As a result of that, the National Home Minister has resigned and the Chief State Minister has offered his resignation and his deputy has resigned. This is probably an indication that there will be a restructuring of how India views it's security. This is going to be a major factor in the elections. The opposition are already making some accusations about the government not being prepared for this tragedy.

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Our series America's Briefing Book continues with former Supreme Commander of NATO General (Ret.) Wesley Clark helping us find out what President-elect Barack Obama needs to know about NATO. Clark names some external security challenges for Barack Obama, including finding the right way to get out of Iraq. He says this accord between Iraq and the US is positive but not the final answer. Clark also says we have to have a strategy for Afghanistan that works and use non-military units of power more.

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They’re called many things in today’s job market: the part-time worker, the contingent worker, temporaries, distressed, discouraged, fill-ins, per diems, freelancers, permalancers and contractors. These workers make up a gray area in the labor market and many of them would like full time work, and the benefits that go with it, but can’t find those jobs. As the first installment of a new series at The Takeaway, hosts John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji take a look at the underemployed and how they fit into a labor market squeezed by a deepening recession.

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Our brains evolved to cope with scarcity. Abundance has made us fat, broke, and anxious. But UCLA neuroscientist Peter Whybrow says the downturn could tap into our primal brain chemistry to stimulate innovation and a reexamination of societal values.

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California’s Proposition Eight, which bans gay marriage, has brought to light a conservative streak among African Americans. Around seventy percent of black voters in California say they voted in favor of the ban. New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow joins The Takeaway to share his insight into why blacks voted yes on Prop Eight.

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Quentin Somerville of the BBC speaks with John Hockenberry about the situation in Bangkok, Thailand, where anti-government protesters have taken the international airport.

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With the attacks in India this past weekend President Elect Barack Obama will make his official announcement for the anchor position of his security team today with new found immediacy… Obama and his former rival for his parties nomination Senator Hillary Clinton will seal the deal in Chicago- Obama will announce Senator Clinton as his nomination for secretary of state. Senator Clinton is not the only announcement likely to come today. The Takeaway talks to Peter Baker of the New York Times about the other members of Obama’s security team.

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Today, the people of Mumbai are making the effort to get their lives back to something approaching normality after the traumatizing events of last week. The clean-up operations at the targets hit by teams of gunmen are well underway. So, too, is the apportioning of blame.

Tensions are running high between India and Pakistan - with many Indians believing that Pakistan played some part in the attacks. The Indian military is reported to have been put on a "war footing". Pakistan has responded by saying any escalation would require it to re-deploy forces from the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan. The message from Islamabad seems to be - "if you pin this on us, we won't be able to help you with the Taliban and Al Qaida".

Joining us now from Delhi is BBC India Correspondent, SANJOY MAJUMDER

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According to the Italian shopkeepers' association, the economic downturn is certainly a problem in Italy. The organization says that Mafia clans are increasingly preying on businesses that need money and can't get loans from banks - it says around 180,000 firms have already been forced to get the cash they need form organized crime groups. A lot of these businesses are small family run affairs, who find it difficult to get loans at the best of times - and in the current crisis nigh on impossible. BBC Correspondent Duncan Kennedy in Rome has been following this story.

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President-elect Barack Obama is expected to introduce his national security team today. The team is expected to include the current Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state.

Joining us to talk about what these choices mean and what they signal for Obama's national security prioirties is New York Times reporter David Sanger, who wrote the front page article in today's Times, "A Handpicked Team for a Foreign Policy Shift".

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As the rest of the U.S. moves on from the 2008 election, Minnesota is still trying to determine who will represent the state in the US Senate. After leading by 215 votes, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is still in danger of losing his seat to Democrat challenger Al Franken despite Franken’s recent set back over absentee ballots. Now the US Senate’s Majority Leader has stepped into the fray increasing speculation that the Senate may take the rare move of getting involved in a state election. Today The Takeaway talks to Tom Scheck of Minnesota Public Radio as the manual re-count of more than two-point-nine million votes heads into its final days.

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