Aug 03 Watch Mubarak Trial an 'Extraordinary Moment' for Egypt, Middle East The trial of Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian strongman, began Wednesday with him pleading innocent to charges of corruption and presiding over the killing of nearly 900 protesters. Margaret Warner discusses the trial's significance with Harvard University's Tarek Masoud and… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Caged Mubarak Begins Corruption Trial by Denying All Charges Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, was wheeled into court Wednesday on a hospital gurney, where his trial began on charges of corruption and presiding over the killing of nearly 900 protesters. Margaret Warner reports on the first Arab leader… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Tepid Economy at Heart of Global Market Volatility At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Obama said the debt deal had averted "a massive blow" to the economy, but it wound up being another rocky day for global markets. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest on the markets and… Continue watching
Aug 03 Presidents at Age 50 By Larisa Epatko As President Obama turned 50 on Aug. 4, we took a look at what some past presidents were doing at the same age: from George Washington, who was trying to quell a possible mutiny among war-weary soldiers, to George W. Continue reading
Aug 03 Obama Takes Economic Team on Burger Run After Debt-Limit Deal EmbedVideo(1163, 482, 304); A day after signing a compromise debt-ceiling bill into law, President Obama took his economic advisers to lunch at a Capitol Hill burger joint. Good Stuff Eatery features burgers named after the president and… Continue reading
Aug 03 With Debt Deal Done, Obama Turns to Re-election Campaign President Obama signs the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Tuesday. Photo by Pete Souza/The White House. President Obama took to the Rose Garden on Tuesday afternoon to publicly put the debt and deficit deal behind him and… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Budget Impasse, Partial Shutdown Costing FAA Millions in Lost Revenue Since July 23, the FAA has furloughed nearly 4,000 employees and shut down construction grants for workers at airport facilities. Judy Woodruff discusses the budget impasse, which is costing the FAA millions in lost revenue, with Public Radio International's Todd… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Raise the Roof: Debt Crisis Averted, But Debate Far From Over The Senate passed a bipartisan agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and cut spending Tuesday. President Obama quickly signed the deal, but it couldn't stop a sell-off on Wall Street. Jeffrey Brown discusses the compromise bill with University of… Continue watching
Aug 02 White House Releases an Inside View of the Debt Negotiations By Travis Daub The White House released 20 photos Tuesday of the closed-door negotiations with Congressional leaders over the debt deal. President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Aug. 2. Continue reading
Aug 02 Senate Passes Debt Deal, Ends Crisis Hours Before Default Updated 4:40 p.m. ET | The White House has released a photo (above) of President Obama signing the debt compromise bill. Photographer Pete Souza has also released more behind-the-scenes images of the negotiations: Updated 2:21 p.m. ET |… Continue reading