Feb 17 Watch Troubled Times for United Airlines Elizabeth Brackett reports on the plight of United Airlines and its efforts to survive bankruptcy. Continue watching
Feb 13 Civilian Casualties Reported in U.S. Bombing in Afghanistan Afghan officials and U.S. military officers differ on the number of casualties resulting from American bombing raids in a mountainous area of southern Afghanistan where U.S. special forces have been hunting suspected Taliban militants since Monday. Continue reading
Feb 12 Texas Court Denies PBS Request to Film Jury Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday rejected the PBS Frontline program's request to videotape jury deliberation of a death penalty trial of a minor. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch On Call: Reserve and National Guard Betty Ann Bowser reports on the impact of reserve and National Guard members being called to duty. Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Dialogue: Why War? Gwen Ifill moderates a dialogue on the confrontation with Iraq. Joining her are the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the chairman of the Defense Policy Board, an advisory panel to the Pentagon. Continue watching
Feb 10 Iraq Approves Use of Surveillance Planes to Aid Inspectors Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations Mohamed Aldouri said Monday that his country had accepted the unconditional use of U.S.-made U-2 surveillance flights as part of the U.N. weapons inspections currently underway across Iraq. Continue reading
Feb 07 U.S. Steps Up Military Deployments to Persian Gulf Region The U.S. military continued its deployment of forces to the Persian Gulf region, announcing Friday it was sending a fifth aircraft carrier to the area and saying the number of troops in the region would reach 150,000 by next weekend. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Homefront Reaction to the Conflict with Iraq Terence Smith samples opinions on Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the U.N. Security Council about the conflict with Iraq. He speaks with four editorial page editors from across the country. Continue watching
Feb 04 Britain’s Blair, France’s Chirac Discuss Iraq Conflict British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with French President Jacques Chirac Tuesday in an unsuccessful diplomatic push to sway the French leader to join a U.S.-led military coalition prepared to take military action against Saddam Hussein. Continue reading
Feb 04 AP President Lou Boccardi to Resign This Year The Associated Press board of directors announced Tuesday that longtime President and Chief Executive Louis D. Boccardi will retire later this year. Continue reading