NewsHour senior correspondent Margaret Warner filed a series of reports about Russia's political and economic climate in conjunction with President Barack Obama's visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 6. Here, she answers some viewers' questions about her reporting trip.
Margaret Warner is a senior correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She is also the lead correspondent for the NewsHour's overseas reporting unit, which has taken her to Iran, Turkey, France, Pakistan, Kenya and China.
One of the most controversial points that has emerged in the debate over health care reform is the public plan option, a government-run healthcare plan that would compete with private insurers. Two experts take your questions.
Soaring unemployment numbers and political wrangling over the best
economic recovery plan are just the latest developments in the country's
financial crisis. Susie Gharib, anchor of PBS' Nightly Business
Report, and personal finance columnist Kathy Kristof answered your
questions on the economic picture.
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kind of started with the whole housing bubble and interest rates were
really low and we remember all of those teaser rates to go and buy
a home. And a lot of people bought homes that they shouldn't have
and couldn't afford."