May 26 GOP Seeks to Move Budget Debate Beyond Medicare Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., leave a news conference at the Capitol addressing the Republican budget proposal. Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call. One day after seeing an electoral rebuke to the… Continue reading
May 25 Watch After 25 Years Atop Daytime TV, Oprah Takes Final Bow to Run Network After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey signed off from her top-rated daytime television talk show for the final time Wednesday. Gwen Ifill discusses Oprah's lasting impact on television and American culture with Audrey Edwards, formerly of Essence Magazine, and The Los… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Journalist Foley Details 6 Weeks of Captivity in Libya: 'I Could Make it' GlobalPost correspondent and producer James Foley was captured and imprisoned for six weeks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces while reporting in Libya. Foley discusses his experiences in captivity and his take on the Libyan uprising with Ray Suarez. Continue watching
May 25 The Oprah Effect, by the Numbers As Oprah wraps up her daily talk show Wednesday, it's tough to overstate the cultural force known as the Oprah Effect, permeating everything from the TV business to books and magazines to charity to outright promotion of commercial products. Continue reading
May 24 Watch Chrysler Pays Back Billions in Bailout Loans: Is the Comeback Complete? Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne announced Tuesday that the company had repaid $7.9 billion in debt and interest to the U.S. and Canadian governments, less than two years after receiving a bailout. Jeffrey Brown discusses the comeback with Paul Eisenstein, publisher… Continue watching
May 24 Frontline Explores Life of Bradley Manning, Story Behind WikiLeaks By Lauren Knapp // In the spring of 2010, more than 500,000 classified documents, including secret diplomatic cables and war logs from Iraq and Afghanistan, appeared on the WikiLeaks website in what was the largest intelligence breach in American history. U.S. Army Intelligence… Continue reading
May 24 Watch Military Dog Training Demonstration Sgt. David Olszak, Ofc.Curtis Caram, and Rex demonstrate their military dogs' training. Continue watching
May 24 Watch A Military Dog and His Handler Sgt. David Olszak talks about training military dogs and the strong bond they share. Continue watching
May 24 Watch Frontline's 'WikiSecrets' Explores Mysteries of Bradley Manning Hari Sreenivasan talks to Frontline producer Martin Smith about the special "WikiSecrets". Continue watching
May 20 Shields and Brooks on Goodwin Liu, Brooks the Meme and the Macho Man By Hari Sreenivasan New York Times columnist David Brooks just flew back to D.C. from across the pond (London) in time to make his appearance on the Newshour and of course for a Doubleheader segment with syndicated columnist Mark Shields. In… Continue reading