Jan 08 From the NewsHour Archives: Storied Journalist Richard Ben Cramer EmbedVideo(5416, 482, 304); On Aug. 14, 1996, David Gergen spoke with Richard Ben Cramer as part of his Dialogue series for The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer. "What It Takes: The Way To The White House." It's been called… Continue reading
Jan 08 Hagel Nomination to Face GOP Challenge President Obama and former Sen. Chuck Hagel at the White House on Monday. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Time and again Monday, President Obama praised Chuck Hagel's military service in announcing the former Republican senator from Nebraska and… Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch News Wrap: Judge Says WikiLeaks Soldier Received Harsh Treatment After Arrest In other news Tuesday, a U.S. Army judge ruled that Pfc. Bradley Manning, convicted of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks, was treated too roughly after his arrest, but she wouldn't dismiss the charges against him. Also, the U.S. military may… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Lawmakers Promise Tough Questions for Defense, CIA Nominees Judy Woodruff reports on President Obama's nominations of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and John Brennan for CIA director. Gwen Ifill talks to Jessica Tuchman Mathews of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Reuel Marc Gerecht of Foundation for Defense… Continue watching
Jan 07 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Monday's NewsHour: President Obama pushes ahead with national security nominations, despite resistance A $10 billion settlement in foreclosure abuses The mystery around ailing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez And, Texas' newest senator, Republican Ted Cruz While the… Continue reading
Jan 04 Shields and Brooks on Sandy Relief, Fighting Irish By Hari Sreenivasan Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join us for the first Doubleheader of 2013. This week's topics are the politics behind the delay in the vote on relief funds for the victims of… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Shields and Brooks on Sandy Relief and Fighting Irish Shields and Brooks on Sandy Relief and Fighting Irish… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch What Al Jazeera's Current TV Acquisition Means for American Media What Al Jazeera's Current TV Acquisition Means for American Media… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch In New E-Book, a Chronicle of the '34 Days That Decided' the 2012 Election In New E-Book, a Chronicle of the '34 Days That Decided' the 2012 Election… Continue watching
Dec 31 New Year's Eve Across the World We're tracking Instagram photos tagged with #NYE to see how people around the world are ringing in the New Year. Zoom in and out on the map below to travel the globe and take a look at celebrations of… Continue reading