May 24 Japan's Premier: U.S. Base to Stay at Okinawa Due Partly to Korean Tensions By Larisa Epatko Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Monday he has given up on efforts to find an alternative location for a controversial U.S. airbase on the island of Okinawa, and that tensions on the Korean peninsula helped him reach his decision. Continue reading
May 21 Live from the Ocean Floor: New Oil Leak Widget Features 'Spillcam' By Hari Sreenivasan BP's live video stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is simultaneously tragic and hypnotic. With each passing second, more gallons of crude oil and natural gas escape into the ocean. Until Thursday, BP and NOAA had… Continue reading
May 21 Shields and Brooks on Kentucky's Rand Paul and Baseball By Hari Sreenivasan Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks stopped by The Rundown again on Friday to discuss Kentucky's new -- and newly controversial -- Republican Party Senate nominee Rand Paul, the strength of the tea party movement, how libertarians view… Continue reading
May 21 On Friday's NewsHour... FINANCIAL REFORM PASSES SENATE | Sweeping reform of the nation's financial regulatory system passed a key vote in the Senate, fast-tracking the final vote on the overhauls. Judy Woodruff speaks to financial writers Greg Ip of the Economist and… Continue reading
May 21 The Life and (Eventual) Death of Toxie, Planet Money's Toxic Asset By Dante Chinni Foreclosures and interest rates are just numbers. Sometimes the best way to examine an economic meltdown is to jump into it with abandon, to witness the carnage up close. In a sense, that's what NPR's Planet Money reporting team… Continue reading
May 21 Watch Tensions Over Air Base Could Shift U.S. Military Role in Japan During a visit to Asia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed the alliance between Japan and the U.S., despite an ongoing feud over an airbase in Okinawa. GlobalPost reporter Sonia Narang reports from Japan on the recent protests over the… Continue watching
May 21 Watch Karzai Opponent Abdullah Looks to Bolster Afghan Opposition Movement Margaret Warner interviews Afghan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah about President Karzai's leadership and the ongoing war in Afghanistan, more than six months after Abdullah dropped out of the runoff election against the current president. Continue watching
May 20 National Intelligence Director Releases Statement Confirming Resignation Dennis Blair, President Barack Obama's national intelligence director, confirmed media reports Thursday evening that he is resigning after 16 months on the job. The retired Navy admiral is the third director of national intelligence. The position was created in response… Continue reading
May 20 On Thursday's NewsHour... VOLATILITY IN THE STOCK MARKET | Stocks fell sharply in the U.S., amid concerns for the euro and the biggest rise in jobless claims in three months. Jeffrey Brown talks to financial experts Nick Perna of Yale University and… Continue reading
May 20 Thursday: South Korea Accuses North of Attacking Ship; Oil Reaches Marshlands Torpedo parts salvaged from the Yellow Sea were displayed at a press conference in Seoul. Photo by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images. An international civilian-military investigation team said Thursday that evidence overwhelmingly proves a North Korean submarine fired a torpedo that… Continue reading