Sep 06 Watch Romney Rolls Out Jobs Plan as Obama's Approval Rating Hit New Lows A pair of polls out Tuesday show that many Americans have deep concerns about President Obama's overall job performance and his handling of the economy. Judy Woodruff discusses the polls and the 2012 campaign, including Mitt Romney's new jobs plan,… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch How Should U.S. Postal Service's Financial Problems Be Fixed? The head of the U.S. Postal Service told lawmakers Tuesday that radical changes are needed to avert a financial collapse. Gwen Ifill leads a debate over what can be done to stave off a shutdown with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe… Continue watching
Sep 06 Romney's Jobs Road Map: Cut Taxes and Decrease Regulation Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney unveiled his jobs plan Tuesday -- a series of 59 ideas he claims will update America's economic plan and allow it move past high unemployment while shrinking government. Romney, speaking to a crowd… Continue reading
Sep 06 'Better This World': POV Film Examines Plot Behind a Protest "Better this World" is the name of a film airing on POV Tuesday night, but it may as well be the credo and intentions behind the two central characters and their decision to protest the Republican National Convention in… Continue reading
Sep 06 Romney to Prescribe Economic Fix and Unveil Jobs Plan By David Chalian Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will unveil his proposal for fixing the country's economy problems. Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images. As a new round of national polling out Tuesday tells us, there is nothing more top of mind for American… Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch Obama Rallies Support for Jobs Speech as GOP Contenders Woo Voters in S.C. President Obama used a Labor Day event in Detroit to preview the jobs speech he'll give Thursday evening as Republican presidential contenders targeted the president, and each other, at a forum in South Carolina. Judy Woodruff and David Chalian assess… Continue watching
Sep 05 Obama Rallies Support Ahead of Jobs Speech President Obama speaks during Labor Day celebrations on September 5, 2011 outside General Motor's world headquarters in Detroit, Mich. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Days after the August jobs report showed zero growth -- and ahead of a prime-time… Continue reading
Sep 02 Shields and Brooks(es) on Rick Perry vs. Mitt Romney, NCAA Football Scandals By Quinn Bowman // Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks (plus his son) joined Hari Sreenivasan Friday for another edition of The Doubleheader, where the guys weigh in on the battle for the top spot in… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch The Doubleheader: Rick Perry vs. Mitt Romney and College Football Scandal Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the GOP primary and the new college football season. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Shields, Brooks on 'High Bar' for Obama's Jobs Speech, Funding Disaster Relief Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the bleak August jobs report, what President Obama needs to say in his prime-time speech on job creation and who… Continue watching