Jan 13 Watch Records: Federal Reserve Officials Foresaw, Joked About Housing Bubble in 2006 Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve's 2006 meetings reveal the extent of what Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues actually knew as the country was about to hit the cusp of the financial crisis. Ray Suarez discusses the board's… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch How Would Obama Wield Agency-Reorganization Power? President Obama asked Congress Friday to give him authority to consolidate executive branch agencies. Margaret Warner speaks with Roll Call's Steven Dennis and Bloomberg News' Hans Nichols about what would happen if Mr. Obama is granted the reorganization power that… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch In South Carolina, Romney Fights Back, Defends Record to GOP Voters As Republican presidential contenders gauge how to slow Mitt Romney's momentum, social conservative leaders plan to meet in Texas this weekend to discuss the possibility of uniting behind someone other than the former Massachusetts governor. Judy Woodruff has an update… Continue watching
Jan 13 The Strange, Animal-Killing Side Effects of Tax Policy Changes "I don't want to jeopardize my family because I tried to make the country a better place." Arthur Laffer, economist to Ronald Reagan and famous for the Laffer Curve theory, which we explored on Wednesday's NewsHour in 'Taxes: How… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch How Does Alabama's Immigration Law Impact Student Retention? Alabama students interview peers about the impact of the state's new immigration law. Continue watching
Jan 13 5 Things: What Matters Most After New Hampshire By Gwen Ifill Throughout this year's election, I will pose and answer key questions at critical moments during the campaign. On New Hampshire's primary Election Day, I shared the five things I was watching for. Here is how it all shook out. 1. Continue reading
Jan 13 Romney Launches Bain Defense By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally Thursday at the West Palm Beach, Fla., Convention Center. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Mitt Romney is not going to let one of his old jobs stand in the way of what… Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch Barbour's Parting Pardons, Some for Convicted Killers, Stir Furor in Mississippi After days of controversy, a Mississippi judge moved Wednesday to block some last-minute pardons made by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour. Barbour had issued pardons to more than 200 felons, 14 of them convicted killers. Margaret Warner discusses the reaction to… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Who's Killing Iran's Nuclear Officials? After Wednesday's deadly attack on a nuclear scientist in Tehran, Jeffrey Brown discusses the unclear covert sabotage on Iran's nuclear program with Ronen Bergman from the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth and David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch How Will Marines Video Affect Relations Between U.S., Afghanistan, Taliban? U.S. and Afghan officials denounced a video Thursday that appeared to show American troops urinating on enemy dead in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff discusses the video's effects on potential peace talks with Andrew Exum of the Center for a New American… Continue watching