Oct 07 Controlling The Stage: A Politicians’ Primer By Gwen Ifill Politics is not an ego-free business. And why should it be? I got a taste of that this week as New Jersey's Chris Christie and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took themselves out of presidential consideration. I saw the other… Continue reading
Oct 07 Romney Blasts Obama’s Foreign Policy in Major Speech By David Chalian Mitt Romney speaks to a group of veterans in Charleston, S.C., on Oct. 6. Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images Foreign policy, specifically the war in Iraq and U.S. anti-terrorism efforts, were front and center in both the Democratic and Republican… Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Romney Hopes for Faster Afghanistan Withdrawal if Generals OK Plan After outlining his foreign policy vision Friday at The Citadel, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sat down with Judy Woodruff and discussed the war in Afghanistan, his GOP rivals and how he would get more Americans back to work. This… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Obama to Congress: Vote on Jobs Bill or Find Better Idea President Obama called a news conference Thursday where he pressed members of Congress to vote for his jobs package or present a better idea. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Oct 06 ‘Prosecutor’ Looks Behind-the-Scenes at the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court meets people in the remote village of Zumbe, D.R. Congo, the site of a brutal massacre. Photo courtesy Sheila Velez, White Pine Pictures On Thursday's NewsHour, we feature an… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Obama: Congress Needs to Explain Opposition to Jobs Plan President Obama's Oct. 6 press conference on jobs and the economy… Continue watching
Oct 06 Obama to Congress on Jobs Bill: ‘This Is Not a Game’ EmbedVideo(1691, 482, 304); Updated 3:11 p.m. | President Obama challenged members of Congress to vote for his $450 billion jobs plan or explain why not. "This is not a game," he said. "They need to do something," he… Continue reading
Oct 06 The Palin Primary Begins By David Chalian Perhaps the most astonishing part of Sarah Palin's decision not to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is how easily and completely it was overshadowed by the death of Steve Jobs. It was three years ago, on the eve of… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Supreme Court Considers Case on Discrimination in Religious Schools Supreme Court Considers Case on Hiring, Firing in Religious Schools… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Dems Pitch New Plan to Fund Jobs Bill: A Tax on Millionaires Democratic leaders in the Senate proposed a surtax on millionaires on Wednesday to pay for President Obama's jobs bill. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move and its prospects with WNYC Radio's Todd Zwillich. Continue watching