US warplanes and helicopter gunships begin their assaults on Ramadi, an exclusive interview with a resident who fled the oncoming US-led seige and in-depth analysis with our special correspondent Dahr Jamail; also, Jeff Goodell, author of the hard-hitting new book, Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, tears the lid off the Bush administration’s quiet push for relaxed environmental standards for coal industry profit as we face the disaster of global warming; and the Knight Report.