Jan 13 Voices From South Korea: National Security, North Korea and the U.S. By Margaret Warner South Koreans enter 2011 still smarting from two North Korean attacks last year -- on a warship in March and an island in November -- that together killed 50 of their citizens. We've been asking South Koreans how they now… Continue reading
Jan 13 Massive Mudslides in Brazil Kill at Least 350, Lebanon’s Unity Government Collapses (In-depth coverage of President Obama's speech in Tucson, including video of the speech and analysis.) Floods, Mudslides in Brazil Kill at Least 350 Heavy rain and mudslides in the mountainous towns of Nova Friburgo, Teresopolis and Petropolis in… Continue reading
Jan 12 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… PRESIDENT OBAMA IN TUCSON | At a memorial service on the University of Arizona campus, President Obama will remember the victims of Saturday's shooting and honor those still recovering from their injuries, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. We'll carry… Continue reading
Jan 11 On Tuesday’s NewsHour… Updated ARIZONA SHOOTING | Surgeons treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., are tentatively optimistic about her recovery but caution that surviving an injury of this magnitude is a long and uncertain process. Gwen Ifill has the latest. GUN LAWS… Continue reading
Jan 10 On Monday’s NewsHour… ARIZONA SHOOTING | Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., remains hospitalized in critical condition as colleagues, family and friends mourn the loss of the six people who died in Saturday's shooting at a political meet-and-greet in Tucson. The alleged shooter, 22-year-old… Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch Suspect Confesses to Murdering Pakistani Politician In other developments of the day, a man confessed to shooting the governor of Punjab province in Pakistan and Vice President Biden arrived in Kabul on a surprise visit. Continue watching
Jan 07 On Friday’s NewsHour… NEW JOBS NUMBERS | Employers added 103,000 new jobs in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4%, but the recovery fell short of forecasts and underscored the long and painful recovery still facing the U.S. economy. Judy Woodruff looks… Continue reading
Jan 06 Gates: Pentagon Must Do Its Part in Deficit Reduction Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he'd cut $78 billion from the Pentagon's budget in the coming five years by shrinking the military ground force, raising health care premiums for troops and some other politically unpopular cost-saving measures. Continue reading
Jan 06 On Thursday’s NewsHour… NEWSMAKER: DEFENSE CHIEF ROBERT GATES | As federal deficits rise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking for ways to cut spending by close to $100 billion in the next five years, a sign that even the Pentagon's massive budget… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Gates on Pentagon Cuts, Implementing DADT, China’s Military Build-up As federal deficits rise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking to cut spending by close to $100 billion in the next five years, a sign that even the Pentagon's massive budget is subject to government-wide belt tightening. He discusses the… Continue watching