Jan 07 Watch Examining the 'Life and Constitution' of Antonin Scalia Gwen Ifill speaks with author Joan Biskupic about her new biography, "American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia."… Continue watching
Jan 06 Abdulmutallab Indicted in Plot to Attack U.S.-Bound Airliner The man accused of trying to detonate an explosive on a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday in Michigan on charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. The seven-page indictment… Continue reading
Jan 06 Citing Tough Political Climate, Dodd to Depart Senate By Hari Sreenivasan Sen. Chris Dodd said outside his Connecticut home Wednesday that he won't seek a sixth Senate term, saying that his decision was partially based on him being in "the toughest political shape" of his career. The Senate Banking Committee… Continue reading
Jan 06 Immigration a Crucial Factor in Shifting Political Battlegrounds By Hari Sreenivasan At the dawn of another election year, it's always helpful to take stock of where the political landscape stands and how it's changed. Twenty eight years ago, the campaign battlegrounds were located in very different places than they are now. Continue reading
Jan 06 Wednesday's Headlines: Democratic Senators Dodd and Dorgan to Retire --Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, Conn., has decided not to seek re-election in November. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd, a five-term Democrat and chair of the Senate Banking Committee, has decided not to seek… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Obama Faces Test Amid National Security Crisis It's been 13 days since the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit thrust Barack Obama into the first national security crisis of his presidency. Jim Lehrer asks a panel of experts to gauge how the president is… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Senate Retirements Hint at Shifting Political Landscape Two veteran Democratic senators will not be coming back after this year. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut announced his decision Wednesday, hours after Byron Dorgan of North Dakota did the same. Gwen Ifill talks to reporters for context on the… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch News Wrap: Grand Jury Indicts Amdulmutallab for Airline Plot In other news, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was charged in his failed plot to blow up Flight 253 on Christmas, and U.S. drone attacks struck twice Wednesday in an al-Qaida stronghold in Pakistan, according to reports. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch From Broadway to the Beltway, Rocco Landesman Fights for the Arts Rocco Landesman is known as the producer who brought hits such as "Angels in America," "Big River," and "The Producers" to Broadway. But as the new chair of the National Endowment of the Arts, Landesman has given up the bright… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Yemen's Instability Muddles Plan to Close Guantanamo President Obama has made closing Guantanamo Bay a top priority. Yet as Margaret Warner reports, that effort has been complicated by the failed plot by an al-Qaida group in Yemen to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas. Continue watching