Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-thursdays-newshour-5 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter On Thursday’s NewsHour… Nation Jan 21, 2010 5:11 PM EDT The Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision on campaign finance today; we have analysis and a debate on what this means for the election process. Then, health care reform in light of the Senate’s new balance of power, President Obama moves to curb big banks, and the latest from Haiti. CAMPAIGN FINANCE DECISION- The U.S. Supreme Court overturned 20 years of limits on corporate campaign contributions in a broad-reaching decision today. First Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal tells us what happened inside the court, and then we get analysis from Monica Youn of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU and Steve Simpson of the Institute for Justice–both filed friend-of-the-court briefs on opposing sides. HEALTH CARE REFORM – Betty Ann Bowser reports on Senator-elect Scott Brown’s arrival on Capitol Hill and what it means for Democratic health care reform bills. FINANCIAL REFORM – We have two takes on President Obama’s plan to restrict risk-taking by big banks: TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER – Judy Woodruff interviews Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the president’s new proposal. REPUBLICAN RESPONSE – Then the Republican point of view from Scott Garrett of New Jersey, the leading Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, who drafted many of his party’s alternative recommendations for financial regulatory reform. HAITI RECOVERY- Margaret Warner gets the latest on conditions on the ground in Port-au-Prince from Martin Smith of our PBS partner, Frontline. WEB- ONLY – Finally, Hari Sreenivasan gives a tour of new features on the website, including: reaction to Secretary of State Clinton’s speech on internet freedom from Rebecca Mackinnon, a fellow at the Open Society Institute; former NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses her film about the quest to bring Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet to justice, which just won a Dupont-Columbia Award; and an interview with the cinematographer of “The White Ribbon” – winner of the Golden Globe Award for foreign cinema. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
The Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision on campaign finance today; we have analysis and a debate on what this means for the election process. Then, health care reform in light of the Senate’s new balance of power, President Obama moves to curb big banks, and the latest from Haiti. CAMPAIGN FINANCE DECISION- The U.S. Supreme Court overturned 20 years of limits on corporate campaign contributions in a broad-reaching decision today. First Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal tells us what happened inside the court, and then we get analysis from Monica Youn of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU and Steve Simpson of the Institute for Justice–both filed friend-of-the-court briefs on opposing sides. HEALTH CARE REFORM – Betty Ann Bowser reports on Senator-elect Scott Brown’s arrival on Capitol Hill and what it means for Democratic health care reform bills. FINANCIAL REFORM – We have two takes on President Obama’s plan to restrict risk-taking by big banks: TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER – Judy Woodruff interviews Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the president’s new proposal. REPUBLICAN RESPONSE – Then the Republican point of view from Scott Garrett of New Jersey, the leading Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, who drafted many of his party’s alternative recommendations for financial regulatory reform. HAITI RECOVERY- Margaret Warner gets the latest on conditions on the ground in Port-au-Prince from Martin Smith of our PBS partner, Frontline. WEB- ONLY – Finally, Hari Sreenivasan gives a tour of new features on the website, including: reaction to Secretary of State Clinton’s speech on internet freedom from Rebecca Mackinnon, a fellow at the Open Society Institute; former NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses her film about the quest to bring Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet to justice, which just won a Dupont-Columbia Award; and an interview with the cinematographer of “The White Ribbon” – winner of the Golden Globe Award for foreign cinema. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now