Aug 13 Watch Nuclear Fuel Deal Gives Iran Chance to Prove Peaceful Intent Russia plans to transfer uranium fuel to an Iranian nuclear plant. Margaret Warner gets perspectives from Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and journalist Robin Wright. Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Lyndon Johnson's Complex, Outsized Presidency Examined in New Book Veteran journalist Charles Peters, founder of Washington Monthly, talks with Judy Woodruff about his new book on the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Shields and Gerson on Voters' Economic Fears, GOP's 'Party of No' Payoff Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, sitting in for David Brooks, analyze the week's top news stories, including voters' ongoing economic concerns headed into the midterm elections and the White House taking on "the professional left."… Continue watching
Aug 12 Online Fraudsters Increasingly Skilled at Hacking Bank Accounts By Joanne Jennings All this week, we've been looking at the complexities of cybersecurity, including the potential for attacks on government computers and the views of former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden on the scope of the "cyber conflict." On… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch News Wrap: Blagojevich Jury 'Not Close' to Decision In other news Thursday, the wait continues for the legal fate of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The jurors said they are not close to decisions on all charges. Also, a federal judge delayed resuming gay marriage ceremonies in California… Continue watching
Aug 12 Firing From the Rear: Democrats' Infighting Follows Historical Pattern White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs drew fire from the liberal Democratic base this week after his comments denouncing the "professional left" in an interview with The Hill newspaper. In an interview with The Rundown, presidential… Continue reading
Aug 12 The Morning Line: The Senate's Quick Return If you turn on C-SPAN 2 Thursday morning, you'll be able to catch a very quick pause in the Senate's August recess. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., worked out a deal with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to pass,… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Gitmo Tribunal Trial of Khadr Offers 'Test of the System Itself' The trial of a Canadian citizen captured in Afghanistan and accused of war crimes began Thursday, the first under new rules imposed by the Obama administration. For perspective, Margaret Warner speaks with Michelle Shephard of the Toronto Star who has… Continue watching
Aug 11 The Congress That Won't Take a Break Just when you thought it was safe to take a vacation in August, the Senate announced it will return to Washington to reconvene for a short session on Thursday to vote on border security funding and a remembrance of the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Where the Stimulus Went and the Economic Headwind It Faces How much money does it take to restart a sputtering economy? That's the question the federal government has been trying to figure out for the last year and a half. In the past year-plus the American Reinvestment and Recovery… Continue reading