Apr 13 'Frontline' Explores the Politics of Health Care in 'Obama's Deal' By Kwame Holman The "Frontline" report "Obama's Deal" premieres Tuesday on PBS, giving viewers an in-depth insider's view on the year-long, high-stakes health care reform debate. Producer Michael Kirk followed the twists and turns of the story as it… Continue reading
Apr 13 Supreme Court Nomination Comes at Critical Time for Obama Agenda By Kwame Holman Politico White House Editor Craig Gordon spoke with us Tuesday about how President Obama may be forming his strategy around a replacement nominee for the retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. According to Gordon, the White… Continue reading
Apr 13 Marcia Coyle Answers Your Questions on the Retirement of Justice Stevens By Lea Winerman Regular NewsHour analyst Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal took your questions about the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and about who President Obama might be considering to replace him. Read her answers below,… Continue reading
Apr 13 2010 Census: Who's a Latino? In addition to his work at the NewsHour, Ray Suarez is also host of a program produced by Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, HITN, called "Destination Casa Blanca." This entry was originally posted on HITN's site, and is… Continue reading
Apr 13 Tuesday: Day Two of Nuclear Summit; Ousted Kyrgyz President to Resign President Obama meets with President Hu Jintao of China on Monday at the Nuclear Security Summit. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images.) President Barack Obama is set to open the first plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit on Tuesday… Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch U.S., China May Partner on Nuke Sanctions for Iran President Obama called for new safeguards against nuclear terrorism and states that are non-compliant on nuclear issues at the second day of the security summit in Washington. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch News Wrap: Kyrgyz President Pressured to Resign by Opposition Leaders In other news Tuesday, the ousted president of Kyrgyzstan addressed calls for his resignation after a bloody coup and Polish citizens remained in mourning as the body of their first lady returned to Warsaw following a weekend plane crash. Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Summit Wraps With Pact to Secure Stockpiles For more on the second day of the president's nuclear summit and the movement to cut weapons stockpiles around the world, Jim Lehrer speaks to Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher. Continue watching
Apr 12 Thailand Reeling from Bloody Weekend Clashes Thailand's ruling party faced new calls for its dissolution Monday, following a bloody weekend that saw at least 21 people killed and 800 injured in heated clashes between protesters and riot police in Bangkok. Thailand's Election Commission ordered the… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Poland Rebuilds Government After Crash In the wake of the plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others over the weekend, Ray Suarez talks to Andrew Nagorski, author and vice president of the East-West Institute, an international affairs think tank. Continue watching