Feb 24 Wednesday Headlines: Toyota President to Testify; Senate to Vote on Jobs Bill Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, will testify Wednesday before a House committee about the massive recall that has tarnished the world's largest automaker's once sterling reputation for safety. In prepared remarks to the House Committee on Oversight and… Continue reading
Feb 23 Reporter Gets Look ‘Behind Taliban Lines’ By Hari Sreenivasan Last summer, Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi got an unprecedented look at the Taliban’s attack tactics in Baghlan province in the northern part of the country, living with the insurgents and documenting their moves. We spoke with Quraishi and producer Jamie… Continue reading
Feb 23 On Tuesday’s NewsHour… On the PBS NewsHour this Tuesday: TOYOTA HEARINGS | Day one of the congressional hearings into the Toyota recalls saw the company's top official in North America, James Lentz, apologizing for its safety problems, and vivid testimony by one… Continue reading
Feb 23 Karzai Takes Control of Key Election Commission Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a presidential decree granting him control of a key electoral monitoring commission, allowing him to remove foreign observers from the watchdog agency ahead of parliamentary elections in September. The decree, issued Feb. Continue reading
Feb 23 Tuesday’s Headlines: Hearings on Toyota Begin; Senate Advances Jobs Bill As the first of three Congressional hearings on the safety standards at Toyota are set to begin Tuesday, the president of the automaker's U.S. operations is apologizing for the company's slow handling of its vehicles' problems. "Put simply, it has… Continue reading
Feb 22 On Monday’s NewsHour… HEALTH REFORM: President Obama today unveiled a revised proposal for health care reform ahead of this week's bipartisan White House health care summit. On the program tonight, our Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports the details of the proposal. Then,… Continue reading
Feb 22 Monday’s Headlines: Health Care Plans; Afghan Civilians Killed; Toyota Hearing The Obama administration on Monday is set to outline a package of proposals aimed at salvaging the stalled health care reform effort, including a measure that would provide the federal government new powers to block excessive hikes in insurance… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Former Nixon, Reagan Adviser Al Haig Dead at 85 Gen. Alexander Haig, who served as Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan and as an aide in the Nixon administration, died Saturday at age 85. Robert MacNeil sat down with Haig in 1987 during his bid for the Republican presidential… Continue watching
Feb 19 On Friday’s NewsHour… AFGHAN OFFENSIVE: Elite Marine reconnaissance teams were airdropped behind Taliban lines in Southern Afghanistan, as a major NATO offensive entered its 7th day today. Ray Suarez reports the latest developments on-the-ground in the battle against the Taliban, then Judy Woodruff… Continue reading
Feb 19 More Comments on the Goldman Series Question: Do you really consider the Follow-up on Front-Running piece true journalism? Or, is it possibly just gossip? Do you consider using Goldman Sachs 2009 profit statements a perfect example of where that company always makes its money?… Continue reading