Dec 20 Dozens Detained in Connection to Car Bombings By PBS News Hour Iraqi authorities detained 50 suspects Monday in connection with dual car bombings that killed at least 66 people in the mainly Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala on Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Controversy Continues Around Secretary of Defense Correspondent Spencer Michels looks at the controversy surrounding Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Questions Loom about Iraq’s Economic Stability Ray Suarez speaks with Iraqi interim Finance Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi about the economic stability of the country. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch President Bush Discusses Iraq Progress President Bush held a press conference Monday where he discussed the progress of the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Authors of Biblical Thrillers Discuss Series Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks with Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, authors of the "Left Behind" series of Biblical thrillers. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Interceptor Missile Defense System Fails to Launch Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles looks at the latest attempt, and failure, to defend the United States from missile attacks. The NewsHour Science Unit is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Massachusetts Judge Sues the Boston Herald for Article and a Reporter’s Remarks Terence Smith leads a debate about a Massachusetts' judge defamation and libel lawsuit against the Boston Herald and its broader implications for reporters appearing on television. Continue watching
Dec 15 Bomb Kills Seven on First Day of Campaigning in Iraq By PBS News Hour Violence marred the first day of presidential campaigning in Iraq when an explosion in Karbala killed seven people Wednesday, while Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced his candidacy for the Jan. 30 election. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Security Concerns in Iraq Continue in Lead-Up to Elections Margaret Warner gets an update on events in Iraq from a reporter in Baghdad. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Newspapers Cover Life on the Street Across the country, homeless people are working for newspapers that deliver news about life on the street to the homeless and the general public. With roughly 3.5 million homeless people in America, these "street newspapers" provide important information about poverty… Continue watching