Jul 26 Watch WikiLeaks Revelations Raise Questions Over Pakistan's Role in Afghan War Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks released thousands of U.S. military documents related to the Afghan war on Sunday, creating a major stir among government officials and raising questions about Pakistani involvement in the war. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch WikiLeaks Documents: What War Info Can Be Verified? In the wake of the WikiLeaks whistle-blower website releasing thousands of documents detailing Afghan war operations, Jeffrey Brown discusses the military significance with Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation, and documentary filmmaker Philip Smucker, who have both written… Continue watching
Jul 23 Shields and Brooks on 'Inception' of Tea Party Caucus, Michael Steele, Movies By Hari Sreenivasan In another color-coordinated edition of the "extra-extra, read-all-about-it" segment we do with Mark Shields and David Brooks on The Rundown, the columnists weigh in on what the new Tea Party Caucus could mean for Republicans. Our duo also… Continue reading
Jul 23 On Friday's NewsHour... TROPICAL STORM MOVES CLOSER TO SPILL | Tropical Storm Bonnie hit southern Florida today on its path towards the Gulf of Mexico and the oil spill. Spencer Michels reports from New Orleans on how the area is making preparations for… Continue reading
Jul 23 Veteran Newsman Daniel Schorr of NPR Dies at Age 93 By News Desk Daniel Schorr, a longtime NPR commentator and an original member of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS News team, died early Friday. He was 93. At the end of his long career, Schorr was most recently a senior analyst… Continue reading
Jul 23 Friday: Work on Oil Well Stops; North Korea Threatens 'Physical Response' With Tropical Storm Bonnie expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, crews have stopped their efforts to plug BP's broken oil well and clean up the waters, halting work on the two relief wells and evacuating… Continue reading
Jul 22 Executive Producer Responds to Viewer Comments on Sherrod Segment By Linda Winslow We have received several complaints from our viewers regarding Wednesday night's NewsHour coverage of the Shirley Sherrod story. Most focused on two points: why we didn't mention the name of Andrew Breitbart, whose website, BigGovernment.com, originally posted the… Continue reading
Jul 22 On Thursday's NewsHour... By News Desk MIXED PICTURE FOR THE ECONOMY | A mixed economic picture emerged today: the stock market surged on news of strong corporate earnings, but home sales continued to sink and unemployment claims rose. Jim Lehrer talks to Greg Ip of… Continue reading
Jul 22 Financial Reform Could Take Years to Reach Full Effect When President Obama signed the financial regulation overhaul into law Wednesday, he said he believed it would "rein in the abuse and excess that nearly brought down our financial system" and bring transparency to a sector that became… Continue reading
Jul 22 Thursday: Approaching Storm Suspends BP's Efforts in Gulf A storm brewing in the Caribbean is forcing dozens of ships in the Gulf of Mexico to prepare to evacuate the area where workers are trying to plug BP's oil well and clean the waters. Though the storm will not… Continue reading