Jun 04 Watch Top Brass Reject Overhauling Military Justice System to Reduce Sexual Assault Top Brass Reject Overhauling Military Justice System to Reduce Sexual Assault… Continue watching
Jun 04 Live Chat With Jeffrey Brown Forty years ago, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer reporting on the Watergate scandal laid the groundwork for what would become the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, known today as the PBS NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown interviews ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. Over the next… Continue reading
Jun 04 Military Calls Sexual Assault 'Like a Cancer' WASHINGTON -- Military leaders said Tuesday that sexual assault in the ranks is "like a cancer" that could destroy the force, but they rejected far-reaching congressional efforts to strip commanders of some authority in meting out justice. Seated side-by-side at… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Senate's Hearing on Sexual Assaults in Military By Larisa Epatko Top military brass, military lawyers and victims' advocates testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday on the issue of sexual assaults in the military. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch Frank Lautenberg, Senate's Last WWII Veteran, Remembered as a 'Fighter' Frank Lautenberg, Senate's Last WWII Veteran, Remembered as a 'Fighter'… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch Trial Begins for Bradley Manning Over Leaked Classified Documents Trial Begins for Bradley Manning Over Leaked Classified Documents… Continue watching
Jun 03 New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg Dies at Age 89 WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and the last World War II veteran remaining in the Senate, has died at age 89. His office said Lautenberg died shortly after 4 a.m. EDT on Monday at… Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch News Wrap: Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Able to Represent Himself in Court In other news Monday, a judge deemed Army Maj. Nidal Hasan competent to represent himself at his trial for the 2009 deadly shootings at Fort Hood. Also, a fire at a poultry plant in China killed at least 119 people. Continue watching
May 31 Shields and Brooks on Bachmann's Retirement, Yankee Favoritism By Christina Bellantoni NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni guest-hosts the Doubleheader with Mark Shields and David Brooks Mark Shields and David Brooks made a triumphant return to the Doubleheader Friday and I filled the host chair as Hari Sreenivasan is… Continue reading
May 31 Remembering Julian Dawkins By Larisa Epatko The PBS NewsHour lost one of our own on May 22 in the shooting death of Julian Dawkins, our 22-year-old shuttle driver. Continue reading