Feb 04 Watch President Obama Begins Campaign to Push for Gun Control President Obama visited Minneapolis to launch a push for tighter gun control. Gwen Ifill talks to Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and Bruce Hartman, sheriff of Gilpin County, Colo., about the differences of gun cultures in rural and urban settings… Continue watching
Feb 04 Obama Goes on the Road to Push for Gun Legislation EmbedVideo(5643, 482, 304); For the first time since unveiling his sweeping plan to reduce gun violence last month, President Obama will hit the road Monday in support of his proposal, looking to build up public opinion behind… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch News Wrap: FBI Rescues Boy After Week-Long Hostage Standoff in Alabama In other news Monday, the FBI stormed a bunker in Alabama in order to rescue a 5-year-old boy from a week-long hostage standoff. Also, a suicide bomber in Iraq struck an anti al-Qaeda milita, killing at least 22 and wounding… Continue watching
Feb 01 Shields and Brooks on Scott Brown, Super Bowl and Deer Antler Spray By Hari Sreenivasan On this edition of the Doubleheader, where we tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sports, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks begin with the decision by former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch Shields and Brooks on Hagel's Rough Hearing, Movement on Immigration Shields and Brooks on Hillary Clinton, Hearings on Hagel, Gun Control… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Shields and Brooks on Scott Brown and Super Bowl Shields and Brooks on Scott Brown, Super Bowl and Deer Antler Spray… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Says Goodbye, For Now Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Says Goodbye, For Now… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: Obama Administration Announces New Rules for Contraceptive Coverage News Wrap: Obama Administration Announces New Rules for Contraceptive Coverage… Continue watching
Feb 01 Ed Koch and a City on the Brink New York Mayor Ed Koch talks to reporters in his office in 1979. Photo by Dennis Caruso/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images I was a rookie reporter when my congressman, Ed Koch, announced he was running for mayor. Continue reading
Feb 01 Evangelicals Use Bible to Champion Immigration Reform National evangelical leaders are coming together in an expansive grassroots effort to pass bipartisan immigration reform, including an easier path to citizenship. These leaders hope to change many evangelicals' minds about immigration through theology. The most recent push… Continue reading