May 13 South Africa’s President Zuma Replaces Popular Health Minister By PBS News Hour New South African President Jacob Zuma replaced Barbara Hogan as health minister this week, in a move that disappointed many in the HIV/AIDS advocacy and medical community. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Amid New Questions on Interrogation Tactics, Holder Mulls Road Ahead After a report on Wednesday's Senate hearings on CIA interrogation tactics, Gwen Ifill talks to Attorney General Eric Holder about his perspective on the debate over the use of torture on detainees and other political matters as part of a… Continue watching
May 13 Watch Senators Examine Use of Torture on Detainees Kwame Holman reports on a Senate hearing examining harsh interrogation methods used on some detainees. Continue watching
May 13 Treasury Seeks More Regulation of Risky Derivative Trades By Admin, PBS News Hour The Obama administration is seeking new authority to oversee the virtually unregulated market for derivatives, a class of exotic financial instruments that includes the risky contracts that helped cripple insurance giant American International Group. Continue reading
May 13 Why Doesn’t the Government Set Up a New Bank to Get the Economy Moving Again? Question: I’ve been watching the difficulties the government has had propping up the banks — the lack of control, the salaries, the fact that they’re trying to fix entities with a lot of toxicity on their balance sheets. The following… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Senators Expect Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee ‘Soon’ President Barack Obama met Wednesday with key senators to discuss the selection of a Supreme Court nominee to succeed retiring Justice David Souter. Ray Suarez speaks with representatives from three groups trying to influence his nomination. Continue watching
May 12 Social Security, Medicare Weakened by Recession By Admin, PBS News Hour The financial health of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two biggest benefit programs, has eroded amid the deep economic recession, according to reports released Tuesday. Continue reading
May 11 Health Industry Vows to Trim Costs By PBS News Hour Six leaders of the health care industry have told the White House they are willing to dramatically cut spending in order to assist the Obama administration in its goal of overhualing the American health care system. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Shields and Brooks Mull Economic Expectations, Afghan Policy Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks examine the outcome of the banking stress test results, U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan and remember the life of Jack Kemp. Continue watching
May 08 Watch Thousands of Pakistanis Flee as Taliban Clashes Continue Margaret Warner recaps the latest developments on clashes between Pakistani military forces and Taliban fighters. Continue watching