Jan 01 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine Security Debate, Politics in 2010 Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the stories of the week, including the political fallout from the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and the prospects for politics in 2010. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch News Wrap: Zero U.S. Combat Deaths in Iraq in December In other news, December was the first month in the nearly seven-year long Iraq war without a U.S. combat death, and the U.K. launched a review of airport security in the wake of the failed plane bombing over Detroit on… Continue watching
Dec 31 Remembering the Decade: How 9/11 Changed Everything As 2009 winds down, NewsHour foreign affairs editor Michael Mosettig looks back at a defining moment of the decade. Friday, Sept. 7, 2001 | The NewsHour gained and broadcast an exclusive television interview with Mexico's President Vicente Fox, who… Continue reading
Dec 31 Blackwater Guards Cleared of Iraq Shooting Charges by Federal Judge By Dave Gustafson A federal judge in Washington on Thursday dismissed all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2007. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina's ruling does not state whether the shooting in a crowded Baghdad… Continue reading
Dec 31 Year in Review: A Remarkable Inaugural Moment By Gwen Ifill As the new year approaches, the Rundown asked NewsHour correspondents to reflect on memorable reporting moments from 2009. Thinking back over a year of covering auto and bank bailouts, financial scams, uprisings and wars, and political fits and starts, I… Continue reading
Dec 31 Obama Picks Adviser to Review Watch List System He Helped Create The White House has issued a waiver for John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, to bypass its own ethics rules and participate in the review of the nation's terrorism watch list system, which he… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch From Wars to Recession, a Review of Decade's Politics Starting with a divisive presidential election and ending with the rancorous debate over health care reform, Gwen Ifill and political analysts look back at the highs and lows of the decade's politics. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Other News: 5 Americans Face Possible Life Sentences in Pakistan In other news, Pakistani police announced that five Americans will face terror charges for allegedly trying to train with a militant group linked to al-Qaida, and U.S. war deaths soared in Afghanistan in the past year. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Blackwater Guards Cleared of Charges; Prosecution Could Appeal A federal judge dismissed charges against five Blackwater guards accused of killing seven Iraqis in 2007. Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press speaks with Ray Suarez about the developments. Continue watching
Dec 30 Michael Beschloss on Obama's First Year By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s37f8qce7',482,304,""); Author, historian and frequent PBS NewsHour guest Michael Beschloss stops by the Rundown to frame the issues that shaped President Obama's first year. He also gives us a hint on his next major project. Continue reading