Apr 27 Watch News Wrap: Democrats Blocked Again on Financial Reform Bill In other news Tuesday, Senate Democrats failed in their second attempt to end a Republican filibuster and bring financial reform legislation to the floor. Also, an oil leak off the coast of Louisiana continued to spread as the Coast Guard… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Vietnamese-American Entrepreneurs Seek Opportunity in Homeland Thirty-five years after the United States military pulled out of Vietnam, some Vietnamese-American entrepreneurs are returning to their homeland. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the growing business opportunities in the Vietnamese economy. Continue watching
Apr 26 Financial Reform Fails Key Test Vote in Senate Updated 6:22pm ET Senate Republicans on Monday blocked Democrats' attempt to begin debate on financial reform legislation, a widely expected early setback for the most sweeping overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression. The Senate, in a 57-41… Continue reading
Apr 26 Exclusive: Cardinal William Levada Describes Crisis in the Church VATICAN CITY | Here's why this interview is a big deal: for five years now, Cardinal William Levada has headed the office that handles all sexual abuse claims and cases that filter up to the Vatican. Levada has not… Continue reading
Apr 26 Lincoln Memorial Pool, Other National Mall Sites Set for Stimulus Overhaul The National Mall draws more visitors each year than Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone national parks combined. Millions of people visit Washington, D.C., from all over the world to see the… Continue reading
Apr 26 What Arizona Immigration Law Might Mean for Midterm Elections By Dante Chinni On Friday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law what most everyone agrees is the most restrictive immigration law in the country. The law, which allows local police to stop and demand proof of citizenship from anyone suspected of… Continue reading
Apr 25 Amid Calls for Transparency, Pope Describes Dangers of Digital Age By Margaret Warner Pope Benedict XVI, right, at a digital media conference. Photo by Morgan Till. VATICAN CITY | We've come to Rome for a week to explore how the new wave in the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal is being seen… Continue reading
Apr 23 Mark Shields: Healthy Political Parties Should Welcome Converts, Moderates Syndicated columnist Mark Shields stopped by the Rundown Friday to talk with us about his latest column and the prospects for major financial reform and immigration reform legislation in Congress. New York Times columnist David Brooks joined us solo… Continue reading
Apr 23 Jim Lehrer 'Refreshed' Meeting News Consumers on Cross-Country Trip Within the matter of a week, we've seen Jim Lehrer e-mail us pictures from his phone, write his first blog post (from a moving train no less) and use Skype to file dispatches from his voyage across… Continue reading
Apr 23 Friday on the NewsHour: Mark Fiore, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning Mark Fiore is the first internet animator to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His work appears only online -- on his own website, plus that of the San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio and other outlets. Continue reading