Sep 07 Watch Brennan: Post-9/11, U.S. Has 'Right Balance' Between Civil Liberties, Security In an interview with Judy Woodruff, White House Chief Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan discusses the strength of al-Qaida after the death or capture of high-level leaders and the difficult-to-detect threat of homegrown terror. Continue watching
Sep 07 Brennan: U.S. Is 'Without a Doubt' Safer Than on 9/11 By Larisa Epatko The United States is "without a doubt" safer today than on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked New York City and Washington, D.C., President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan told the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 07 Sharing The PBS NewsHour is Now a 'Snap' We've been testing a product called SNAPPY TV for a few months now, and would like to open it up to a larger audience for testing: you. Snappy allows you to clip any highlight from a tv program… Continue reading
Sep 07 Pentagon Attack Widower: 'We Need to Go on' in Spite of Needless Suffering EmbedVideo(1414, 482, 304); For Thomas Heidenberger, the emotional scars are still fresh. His wife, Michele, was the lead flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 77, which flew into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. During a recent… Continue reading
Sep 07 'Engineering Ground Zero' Explores the Challenges of Redesigning Historic Site EmbedVideo(1415, 482, 304); Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the memorial at the site of the World Trade Center towers in lower Manhattan will be dedicated on Sunday and open to the public on Sept. 12, 2011. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch Pentagon Attack Widower: 'We Need to Go on' in Spite of Needless Suffering Pentagon Attack Widower: 'We Need to Go on' in Spite of Needless Suffering… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch WikiLeaks Under Fire After Document Dump Risks Identifying Sources The latest WikiLeaks document dump of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables included the names of thousands of people who had spoken in confidence to American diplomats. Ray Suarez discusses what created the controversy and the potential fallout with Wired's Kim… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Journalist Reflects on Covering 3 Decades of War in Afghanistan Jeffrey Brown talks to Edward Girardet about his new book, "Killing the Cranes," which details his personal experiences in Afghanistan -- including a debate with Osama bin Laden -- and the history of a country at war for nearly 30… Continue watching
Sep 05 Flight 93 Memorial to 'Standing Up' Set to Open in Pennsylvania By Larisa Epatko Ten years after the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 fought back against their hijackers, driving the airplane into the ground instead of the intended target in the nation's capital, a permanent memorial will open in Shanksville, Pa. Continue reading
Sep 02 Shields and Brooks(es) on Rick Perry vs. Mitt Romney, NCAA Football Scandals By Quinn Bowman // Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks (plus his son) joined Hari Sreenivasan Friday for another edition of The Doubleheader, where the guys weigh in on the battle for the top spot in… Continue reading