Dec 23 Watch Minn. Church Recalls How Christmas Carols Saved Some U.S. Lives in World War II A Minnesota congregation celebrated Christmas this year by retelling the true story of a Christmas Eve attack on the SS Leopoldville troop-transport ship during World War II's Battle of the Bulge. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Syria’s Claims Over ‘Unusual’ Bombings in Damascus Draw Much Skepticism Two bombs erupted in Syria's capital Friday, killing at least 47 people and wounding more than 150, but many activists and regional analysts are skeptical of the Assad government's claims that al-Qaida is behind them. Ray Suarez gets an update… Continue watching
Dec 23 The Role of the Consumer Mindset in the Cost of Energy EmbedVideo(1671, 482, 304); Violence in Iraq and Syria. New tensions between Iran and western nations. Unrest in Bahrain and Kazakhstan. As oil hovered around $100 a barrel Friday, those were some of the day's major international developments that… Continue reading
Dec 23 Army’s Mental Resilience Program: Your Questions Answered Viewers submitted many questions about our report on the largest psychological program in the Army's history. Col. Marsha Lilly of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Public Affairs Office and critic Bryant Welch, a psychotherapist, answer some below. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Will Pentagon’s Errors Admission in Deadly Pakistani Airstrike Smooth Relations? A Pentagon inquiry released Thursday conceded that some mistakes were made in a November airstrike on two Pakistani outposts near the Afghan border that killed 24 troops. Margaret Warner discusses the Pentagon's expressed regret for the loss of life and… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch In Face of Coordinated Attacks in Iraq, Should U.S. Have Stayed Put? The capital of Iraq was plunged back into chaos Thursday when at least 16 bombings shook Baghdad. Jeffrey Brown discusses the attacks' connection to a long debate about what the U.S. gained from its nearly nine years in Iraq, with… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Author Eric Weiner Explores Reasons Why Some Americans Switch Religions Author Eric Weiner Explores Reasons Why Some Americans Switch Religions… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch In Morocco, 20,000 Imams Trained to Teach HIV/Aids Awareness, Compassion The taboo topic of HIV, particularly how to prevent it and treat it, rarely surfaces in public ways in Muslim societies, but religious leaders across Morocco are trying to change that. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Dec 21 When Did the Great Depression Start? – And Why That Matters A crowd of depositors gather in the rain outside Bank of United States after its failure in 1931 during the Great Depression. Photo by World Telegram staff photographer from the Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Last week's story… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Does Maliki Want to Become Unchallenged Ruler of Iraq? The last U.S. convoy had hardly crossed into Kuwait on Sunday when Iraq was thrust into new and potentially dangerous political turmoil. Judy Woodruff discusses the country's latest political crisis with the Naval Postgraduate School's Abbas Kadhim and Feisal Istrabadi… Continue watching