Sep 14 Democrats Suffer Defeat on Home Turf By David Chalian In New York, Republican Bob Turner, above, defeated Democrat David Weprin in a House special election. Photo by azipaybarah via Flickr. Democrats went 0-2 Tuesday night in the House special elections in New York City and Nevada. The results,… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Failed Solar-Panel Company's Federal Loan Backing Sparks Congressional Probe Did the Obama administration inappropriately push along financial help for a now-bankrupt solar-panel company? Ray Suarez speaks with The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig about the details of the administration's public embrace of Solyndra, which is now the focus of a… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 'Tension City' Reflects on Jim Lehrer's Decades Moderating Presidential Debates In his new book, "Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain," NewsHour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer looks back at more than 40 years of televised political debates in America. Jeffrey Brown and Lehrer discuss his unique front-row… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Rivals Put Rick Perry to the Test in Tea Party Debate At Monday night's CNN/Tea Party-sponsored event in Tampa, Fla., eight Republican presidential hopefuls were on stage, but the party's new front-runner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, was the one put to the test by many of his rivals. Kwame Holman recaps… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Terror Network Behind 'Unprecedented,' Coordinated Kabul Attacks The U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters were among the targets of Taliban fighters who infiltrated Afghanistan's capital on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill gets the latest on the deadly attacks from Patrick Quinn, The Associated Press's Kabul bureau chief. Continue watching
Sep 13 Jim Lehrer on 'Tension' of Candidates, Moderators in Presidential Debates In his new book out Tuesday, NewsHour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer, known as "the dean of moderators," looks at more than 40 years of televised political debates in America and draws on his own presidential moderating experience since 1988. Continue reading
Sep 13 N.Y. Democrat Engel: Special Election Shouldn't Be About Israel Voters in the Queens and Brooklyn neighborhoods of New York City go to the polls to elect a replacement for Anthony Weiner, the veteran House member who left his 9th District seat earlier this year. While the seat has… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Jim Lehrer Reads From His Book, 'Tension City' The PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer reads two excerpts from his book, "Tension City."… Continue watching
Sep 13 Perry Turns Into Punching Bag at Republican Debate By David Chalian Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, left, and Rick Perry spar during Monday night's debate; photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. It seems the old saying "Don't mess with Texas" doesn't apply to Republican presidential debates, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Would President Obama's Plan Create 'Right Kind' of U.S. Jobs? Flanked by workers in industries he says would be helped by his jobs plan, President Obama announced Monday that he was sending his American Jobs Act to Congress. Gwen Ifill discusses the plan's scope and expected effectiveness with Dartmouth College's… Continue watching