Feb 19 Watch Troops Wage Battle for Influence on the Ground in Marjah Vaughan Smith of The Frontline Club shares a dramatic look at life on the front lines for the British Grenadier Guard in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, where coalition troops are trying to wrestle control back from the Taliban. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Brennan Assesses Tiger Woods' Apology, U.S. Olympic Domination So Far Tiger Woods made a public apology for marital infidelity in Florida on Friday. Also, U.S. athletes lead the overall medal count going into the second week of the Winter Olympics with big wins for Evan Lysacek and Lindsey Vonn this… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Marines Surge Strikes Taliban Snipers in Helmand Province Elite marine recon teams were dropped behind Taliban lines as the major NATO offensive in Southern Afghanistan ends its first week. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Feb 18 On Thursday's NewsHour... Here's a look at what you'll find on Thursday's PBS NewsHour: Deficit Commission: President Obama signed an executive order Thursday, setting up a bipartisan commission on the federal deficit. Judy Woodruff talks to the panel's co-chairmen: Republican Alan Simpson and… Continue reading
Feb 18 Thursday's Headlines: U.N. Climate Chief Resigns; Dalai Lama Visits White House Two months after world leaders failed to agree on a legally binding global warming pact at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, Yvo de Boer, the top U.N. climate change official, has announced his resignation. De Boer denied to… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch News Wrap: Texas Plane Crash Being Investigated In other news, a small plane that crashed into a building in Austin, Texas, is being investigated as a possible suicide attack. Also, NATO forces continued their fight against the Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan with growing concern over sniper… Continue watching
Feb 17 On Wednesday's NewsHour... By Simon Marks 12 MONTHS ON: One year on from the introduction of the President's Economic Stimulus initiative, the Obama administration claimed today that it had successfully averted an economic calamity, but acknowledged more needs to be done to lift the country's economic… Continue reading
Feb 16 On Tuesday's NewsHour... TALIBAN UPDATE: As the military campaign continues in Afghanistan, the PBS NewsHour reports two angles on the story tonight. First, the latest from the battlefield, as reported by Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post. Then, a discussion… Continue reading
Feb 16 Reporter: 'Intense Pockets of Fighting' in Afghanistan Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post is on the frontlines of the Marine offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan, where U.S. and Afghan forces are trying to clear the Taliban stronghold of militants. "What we've been seeing here over the past… Continue reading
Feb 16 Taliban's Top Commander Is Captured -- A Pakistani man in Karachi reads news that top Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been arrested in a joint Pakistani-U.S. operation. Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images. In what may be the most significant capture since… Continue reading