Mar 07 Watch Obama Reverses Course on Gitmo, Allowing Detainee Military Trials to Resume President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday, reversing a two-year ban on military trials for suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Scott Shane of The New York Times for more on the… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch World Powers Seek Unity in Response to Gadhafi's Crackdown As bloodshed continues in Libya, Judy Woodruff examines how the U.S. and other world powers could respond to the crisis with Maurizio Molinari, U.S. correspondent for Italian newspaper La Stampa, and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch Libyan Rebels Hold Oil Port of Ras Lanuf, But for How Long? Pro-Gadhafi and opposition forces continued to clash Monday in Libya. An air strike against opposition fighters attempted to push back rebels as they advanced toward Tripoli. Bill Neeley and Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News report. Continue watching
Mar 07 Republican John Ensign Latest Senator to Announce Retirement Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. Getty Images file photo. Nevada Republican John Ensign announced Monday he will not seek reelection in 2012, ending a Senate career marred by Ensign's admission of an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide… Continue reading
Mar 07 Political Checklist: Obama's Options in Libya, Late Start to 2012 Cycle On this week's edition of the Political Checklist, David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff look at how the White House is handling the situation in Libya and the option of opening American oil reserves to keep gas… Continue reading
Mar 07 Republican Hopefuls Take the Iowa Stage By David Chalian The 'Presidential Table' at the Hamburg Inn No. 2 is a well-known stop for hopefuls campaigning in Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The first big Hawkeye State cattle call in the battle for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination is… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Shields, Brooks on U.S. Facing Tough Calls on Libya, Pension Woes Shields, Brooks on Tough Calls for U.S. on Libya, Pension Woes… Continue watching
Mar 04 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Money, Muslims and the NFL By Hari Sreenivasan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWYVaVqBWI] Those topics are not at all related, but they got our attention this week at The Doubleheader. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks spoke a bit about the billions being bandied about on… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Live: The Doubleheader with Shields and Brooks By Hari Sreenivasan Watch live as Hari Sreenivasan talks to syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about the week in politics and the politics of sport in their Doubleheader feature on the Rundown: Free live streaming… Continue reading
Mar 04 The View From Indiana Indiana State Capitol building. Photo via Flickr user Intiaz Rahim. INDIANAPOLIS | This otherwise unprepossessing state capitol has in recent weeks morphed into one of several hot spots around the nation that are testing what it means to govern… Continue reading