Dec 16 Gingrich, Romney on the Defensive in Last Debate Before Iowa Caucus By Terence Burlij The seven Republican presidential contenders debated Thursday in Iowa. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. The bell never rang for the Newt Gingrich vs. Mitt Romney fight many expected at Thursday night's debate in Sioux City, Iowa, as the two leading… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Film, Music Industries Battle Leading Internet Companies Over Online Piracy U.S. film, TV and music producers are taking aim at leading Internet companies for allowing Web users to easily search and access pirated media. Jeffrey Brown explores options for policing pirated media with the Open Internet Coalition's Markham Erickson and… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Members of Congress ‘Seem Unable to Help Themselves’ in Face of Disapproval Thursday was a day of behind-the-scenes maneuvering and bargaining in Congress, as party leaders moved to avert a government shutdown and possibly end the impasse over extending a payroll tax cut. Judy Woodruff discusses the Senate's progress and Congress' sagging… Continue watching
Dec 15 Poll Finds Young People Skeptical of Obama’s Re-election Prospects President Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Ohio State University in October, 2010. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. A Harvard University poll released Thursday has potentially bad news for President Obama's hopes of re-election. A plurality of Americans… Continue reading
Dec 15 Congress in Familiar Territory With Shutdown on the Horizon By Terence Burlij Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid arrives for a press conference about extending the payroll tax cut. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The federal government is again facing the threat of a shutdown because of a partisan divide in Congress. The… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch How Will New Voter Registration Laws Affect 2012 Election? Millions of potential voters may not be able to cast votes in 2012 after a dozen states put new restrictions in place this year. Gwen Ifill discusses the impact the new restrictions could have on the upcoming elections with New… Continue watching
Dec 14 Romney: Gingrich an ‘Extraordinarily Unreliable’ Conservative By Terence Burlij Mitt Romney speaks in Iowa. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. Mitt Romney is turning what has been one of his biggest political liabilities -- lingering doubts about his consistency on key issues -- into a line of attack on his… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Supreme Court Lines up Potentially ‘Explosive’ Election Year Docket Supreme Court justices agreed Monday to take up a tough immigration law from Arizona that would, among other things, punish illegal immigrants who apply for work in the state. Gwen Ifill discuses this and other controversial cases with the National… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch News Wrap: NTSB Urges Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving In other news Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended a ban on using a cell phone while driving. It said the ban should apply to both hands-free and hand-held phones. Also, at least 28 people were killed in violence… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Obama, Senate Democrats Balk at House GOP’s Version of Payroll Tax Extension The Republican-led House passed legislation Tuesday to continue a payroll tax cut extension that affects 160 million workers, but Democrats balked at a separate provision that would force federal approval of the hotly debated Keystone oil pipeline to run from… Continue watching