Jun 16 Wednesday: President Obama to Meet With BP Executives for First Time By Tom LeGro People at a bar in Grand Isle, Louisiana, watch President Barack Obama's address to the nation about the oil spill disaster. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. President Obama will meet with BP executives at the White House on Wednesday,… Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch News Wrap: 2 Americans Killed in Ongoing Violence in Afghanistan In other news Wednesday, the monthly U.S. death toll reached 30 Wednesday in Afghanistan when two Americans died in a roadside bombing. Also, the military in Kyrgyzstan tried to regain control of the southern city of Osh after days of… Continue watching
Jun 15 On Tuesday’s NewsHour… By News Desk OIL EXECUTIVES BEFORE CONGRESS | Top officers at BP and other oil companies defended offshore drilling during hearings in the House on Tuesday, as criticism of the response to the disaster continues to mount. Ray Suarez has an update on… Continue reading
Jun 15 Author Describes Pakistan’s ‘Wild West’ Pakistan's tribal areas. Graphic by Michael Harry. Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan is a rugged, mountainous area that has attracted militants and insurgents -- and become a target for Pakistani military operations and U.S. drone attacks. A number of… Continue reading
Jun 15 Tuesday: Oil Execs on the Hill; Obama to Address Nation From Oval Office Oil executives from five major companies head to Capitol Hill Tuesday to testify at a House hearing on industry safety as President Obama prepares to deliver remarks to a frustrated nation on the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil crisis. Oil… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Afghan Violence Ignites New Concerns About U.S. Military Strategy For more on the fresh violence in Afghanistan, Margaret Warner talks to Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post, Lt. Col. John Nagl, president of the Center for New American Security, and Col. Andrew Bacevich of Boston University. Continue watching
Jun 14 On Monday’s NewsHour… GULF OIL LEAK UPDATE | As the Obama administration ratcheted up pressure on BP to start an independently monitored escrow fund to expedite damage claims for people and businesses in the Gulf region, Ray Suarez speaks with two attorneys about… Continue reading
Jun 14 As North Korea Returns to World Cup, Filmmaker Recounts ‘Underdog’ 1966 Team By Tom LeGro North Korea's national soccer team is something Gordon knows a lot about -- it took him four years to be granted access to make his first film, "The Game of Their Lives," a profile of North Korea's 1966 World Cup… Continue reading
Jun 14 Monday: Thousands Flee Kyrgyzstan; Mineral Wealth Found in Afghanistan Ethnik Uzbeks cross the border into Uzbekistan as they flee from the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. Photo by AFP/Getty Images. At least 124 people have been killed and some 100,000 minority Uzbeks are massing at the border after three… Continue reading
Jun 11 Shields and Brooks: Is California’s Election Reform a Good Idea? By Hari Sreenivasan New York Times columnist David Brooks and, eventually, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, joined us on the Rundown Friday to discuss the effects of President Obama's stimulus plan, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Proposition 14 election reform and the NBA Finals. Continue reading