Sep 16 President Obama Puts Another Rough Week to Bed By David Chalian President Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, spoke about his jobs plan at the White House on Monday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama closes out another very tough week Friday, one in which he faced a continued… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Marine's Actions in Afghanistan Earn Medal of Honor, Become Stuff of Folklore At a ceremony at the White House on Thursday, Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer received the Medal of Honor for rescuing U.S. and Afghan comrades caught in a Taliban ambush two years ago. Jeffrey Brown discusses the events with author Bing… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Recordings of Jacqueline Kennedy Offer Rare Glimpse of Life With JFK The new book, "Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy," includes never before heard audio recordings of interviews conducted with the former first lady in 1964. Ray Suarez discusses the rare and intimate glimpse with presidential historian… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Dem Senator Suggests Obama Jobs Plan Won't Pass in Full House Speaker John Boehner offered his first major response to President Obama's new American Jobs Act in a speech Thursday. Jeffrey Brown discusses the politics of job creation with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Boehner: 'Tax Increases Destroy Jobs' Boehner: 'Tax Increases Destroy Jobs'… Continue watching
Sep 15 Boehner: 'Tax Increases Destroy Jobs' EmbedVideo(1531, 482, 304); House Speaker John Boehner R-Ohio, responded to President Obama's $447 billion jobs plan Thursday at the Economic Club of Washington, where he stuck to themes of tax reform, a decrease in regulation and government… Continue reading
Sep 15 Speaker Boehner to Present GOP's Economic Fixes By David Chalian House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is set to present the House GOP's "Plan for America's Job Creators." File photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call. One week after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Can Obama, Democrats Overcome Economic Issue in 2012? Democrats lost two House races Tuesday when Republicans won special elections in New York City and Nevada. Gwen Ifill discusses what the results -- and some new polling -- mean with New York One's Errol Louis and NewsHour Political Editor… Continue watching
Sep 14 9/11 to now: Ways we have changed By Jason Villemez Editor's note: Read an updated version of this story here. The decade after the 9/11 attacks reshaped many facets of life in America. Some changes were temporary -- an immediate response out of concern for our safety -- while… Continue reading
Sep 14 Woodruff: With Poverty on the Rise, Are Reporters Getting the Whole Story? Updated Sept. 15, 11:45 a.m. ET Arriving for a short visit on the iconic campus of Ole Miss -- the University of Mississippi in Oxford -- I'm struck by how quiet things are, how un-frenzied life seems on the surface. Continue reading