Politics Feb 01 Gwen’s Take | Rubio, Giffords & Hagel: The Week in Confrontation Government can be dry. Politics can be tiring. The law, while necessary, can be tedious. This is why high drama in Washington can be so much fun. We saw three instances of it this week. And unlike our periodic…
Nation May 12 Jim Lehrer Stepping Down From Regular Anchor Role on PBS NewsHour Watch video of Jim Lehrer's announcement on Thursday's NewsHour: // Some news today about the PBS NewsHour... Jim Lehrer has announced that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public…
Nation Feb 17 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… 12 MONTHS ON: One year on from the introduction of the President's Economic Stimulus initiative, the Obama administration claimed today that it had successfully averted an economic calamity, but acknowledged more needs to be done to lift the country's economic…
Nation Feb 03 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… TERROR TRIALS- The Obama administration stepped up its defense today of how it's handling terror cases. After an update on the case of a Nigerian man accused of attempting to bomb an American airliner Christmas Day, we get perspective from…
World Jan 13 Reporter: In Port-au-Prince, Haitians Aid Each Other Amid Slow Quake Rescue Efforts Ansel Herz, a Texas native and freelance journalist, spoke to us this afternoon from outside a U.N. peacekeepers' base in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where he has been living for four months. He described scenes of carnage and desperate attempts…
World Jan 13 Creedon: Just Before Quake, ‘Signs of Progress’ in Haiti Father Gerry Creedon, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, Va., has been visiting Haiti for 19 years and left Port-au-Prince Tuesday morning -- just hours before the massive quake struck there. Creedon arrived in Haiti on…
Nation Dec 23 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… PRESIDENT OBAMA - Our exclusive White House interview with President Obama has just wrapped up. Jim Lehrer questioned the President about health care reform, the ongoing threat of the filibuster in the US Senate, climate change, Afghanistan and the President's…
Nation Dec 11 On Friday’s NewsHour… After another very busy day in the newsroom, here are details of what's coming up on tonight's edition of the PBS NewsHour: Financial Regulation: The U.S. House today approved the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulation since the Great…
Nation Dec 10 On Thursday’s NewsHour… Coming up on the PBS NewsHour tonight: PEACE PRIZE: We'll have full coverage of President Obama's acceptance speech at the Nobel ceremony in Oslo, Norway today. We'll follow that by a discussion about the speech, and some perspective on…
Nation Dec 09 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… Here's what's planned for Wednesday night on the PBS NewsHour: Health Care: With the apparent demise of the public option in the Senate, Gwen Ifill anchors a discussion about where things stand. She'll be talking with Amy Walter of…