Jun 22 Watch TARP Watchdog: Foreclosure Program 'Too Small, Too Slow' Judy Woodruff talks with Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel about the effectiveness of the TARP bank bailout and a program aimed at helping homeowners steer clear of foreclosures. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Geithner Defends Cost of TARP, Credits Program for Stabilizing Economy Treasury Department Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the effectiveness of the $700 billion financial rescue program known as TARP, as it prepares to wind down this fall. Judy Woodruff reports on Tuesday's hearings on the financial rescue package. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch News Wrap: Obama Warns Insurers Against Profiteering Over Reform In other news Tuesday, President Barack Obama told health insurance companies not to use the health care overhaul as an opportunity to raise rates, and the administration unveiled a new plan to combat homelessness. Continue watching
Jun 21 Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad Pleads Guilty to WMD Charge The Pakistan-born U.S. citizen accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square last month pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism-related charges in federal court. Faisal Shahzad, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., entered a plea to the… Continue reading
Jun 21 Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Terror Law, Rejecting Free Speech Claims By Quinn Bowman In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal law making it a crime to provide "material support" to organizations designated as terrorist groups by the State Department is not unconstitutionally vague. The case, Holder… Continue reading
Jun 21 Filmmaker Explores Intense Situations Faced by Doctors Without Borders By Lauren Knapp Nearly 40 years ago, a group of French doctors and journalists created an international humanitarian organization to bring medical aid to those who were most vulnerable. Now operating in more than 60 countries, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)… Continue reading
Jun 21 Monday: Safety Lapses Found on Oil Rig; Israel Approves New Gaza Policy Smoke rises from controlled oil burns on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Two reports out Monday show critical safety lapses on the Deepwater Horizon before it exploded on April… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Supreme Court Upholds Ban on 'Material Support' for Terror Groups The Supreme Court issued a decision Monday that a federal law barring aid to terrorist groups does not violate free speech. Jeffrey Brown talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about the court's 6-3 ruling to uphold the… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch News Wrap: NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash In other news Monday, an American soldier and three Australian commandos died in Afghanistan when their military helicopter crashed. Also, an explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed at least 47 workers. Continue watching
Jun 18 Shields and Brooks on BP CEO Hearing, Immigration Debate, Lakers, World Cup By Hari Sreenivasan Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks swung by the newsroom after the Friday broadcast to ponder a litany of subjects, including the apparent winners and losers at Thursday's hearing with BP CEO Tony Hayward, along with comments by… Continue reading