Dec 17 Watch Axelrod ‘Confident’ on Health Reform Prospects in Senate President Obama is facing major challenges in the next 48 hours, including opposition to climate change and health care reform legislation. White House senior adviser David Axelrod speaks with Jim Lehrer about those obstacles. Continue watching
Dec 16 Next 24 Hours Crucial in Copenhagen By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: Among those looking for a productive end to the climate talks in Copenhagen Wednesday was the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. Addressing the negotiators, Nasheed asked for some consensus leading into the final days of the… Continue reading
Dec 16 Senate Hits New Roadblock in Health Care Debate Updated 3:55 PM ET: The Senate hit a three-hour roadblock Wednesday afternoon in its negotiations over a health care reform bill, when Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., forced a reading of a 767-page amendment to the bill on the Senate floor. Continue reading
Dec 16 Ray Suarez: A Tough Road to Resolution in Copenhagen By Ray Suarez FROM COPENHAGEN: What world leaders have been calling "unthinkable" all week -- leaving Copenhagen without a comprehensive draft economic for reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- is suddenly thinkable. There are many big agenda items remaining, and the parties… Continue reading
Dec 16 Country Leaders to Bring New Urgency to Climate Talks By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: The U.S. delegation of negotiators cancelled yet another press conference Wednesday, sparing themselves a head to head match-up with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who was scheduled for a simultaneous -- but separate -- appearance next door. Chavez, meanwhile,… Continue reading
Dec 16 New Climate Draft Causing Backlash in Copenhagen By Talea Miller Updated at 11:07am ET FROM COPENHAGEN: Danish police cordoning off protesters outside the U.N. climate summit weren't the only ones doing damage control Wednesday. Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen took over the presidency of the U.N. climate change… Continue reading
Dec 15 President Obama: We Are ‘On the Precipice’ of Health Reform With all eyes on the health reform debate, President Obama said Tuesday afternoon that Congress is "on the precipice" of passing an overhaul bill. He spoke to reporters after a White House meeting with the Senate Democratic caucus. Continue reading
Dec 15 Time Running Out in Copenhagen By Talea Miller Time is running out for climate summit negotiators in Copenhagen to hash out major remaining differences on a climate change agreement before the arrival of heads of state and the close of the summit Friday. The formal high-level phase… Continue reading
Dec 15 Study: CT Scan Overuse Could Lead to Cancer Deaths The millions of CT scans performed each year in the U.S. may be subjecting some patients to unnecessary cancer risk, and could lead to 29,000 extra cancer cases each year, according to two studies published Tuesday in the… Continue reading
Dec 15 Tuesday’s Headlines: Democrats May Drop Medicare Buy-in From Health Bill --Senators Patty Murray, D-Wash., Max Baucus, D-Mont., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Harry Reid, D-Nev., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., make brief statements Monday evening at the Capitol. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) Monday, it was Wall Street… Continue reading