May 13 Watch Shields and Gerson on Immigration Reform, Gingrich’s 2012 Bid Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson discuss top political news, including the realities of immigration reform and the shape of the 2012 GOP presidential field. Continue watching
May 13 Watch Napolitano: ‘Heightened State of Alert’ Continues After Bin Laden’s Death In a newsmaker interview with Judy Woodruff on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discusses what impact the death of Osama bin Laden will have on security in the U.S. Continue watching
May 13 Watch From Syria to Yemen, Uprisings Continue to Rattle Arab World Rebel uprisings continued to shake the Arab world on Friday as thousands of people took to the streets to demand that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
May 13 Medicare, Social Security May Exhaust Funds Sooner Than Expected The trustees who oversee the finances of Medicare and Social Security said Friday that both programs will exhaust their trust funds sooner than previously expected. The Medicare Trustees report projected funds for the Medicare hospital insurance fund… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism… Continue watching
May 13 Woodruff: When Politics Is a Family Affair By Judy Woodruff Watching all the anticipation Thursday night over how the wife of Indiana governor Mitch Daniels would handle herself in front of a large Republican party crowd reminded me of so many political campaigns, when all eyes are on the candidate's… Continue reading
May 13 Extremist Economics and Printing Dollars By Paul Solman John Williams is an economic extremist. He thinks a collapse of the U.S. dollar and hyperinflation are just around the corner and that gold is therefore the best bet around. He thinks the government manipulates the economic data to… Continue reading
May 13 Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl to Retire Getty Images Senator Herb Kohl, D-Wis., will announce Friday that he will not seek reelection in 2012, a Democratic Party source told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The retirement will put the Democratic Party in an even tougher position… Continue reading
May 13 Rep. Paul Launches 2012 Bid, Hopes Third Time’s the Charm By David Chalian Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is making another run for the White House. Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images. Rep. Ron Paul made it official Friday, becoming the second full-fledged presidential candidate in the GOP's 2012 field, coming on the heels of… Continue reading
May 12 Watch ‘Wizard of Lies’ Author Details Madoff’s Fall Into Massive Financial Fraud In the new book, "The Wizard of Lies," New York Times' Diana Henriques chronicles the massive Wall Street Ponzi scheme of the '90s led by Bernie Madoff. Jeffrey Brown talks to Henriques about her reporting. Continue watching