Feb 16 Watch Senators Call for Increased U.S. Action in Darfur U.N. officials, U.S. congressmen and even Olympic athletes have called for increased involvement in the Darfur region of Sudan. Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., discuss the political situation in Darfur and what the United States could do… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch House Passes Legislation Calling for Fenced Border Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on the effort to build a barrier to stop illegal immigrants from entering the United States from Mexico. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Chertoff Grilled About U.S. Katrina Response Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff appeared before a Senate panel investigating the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch House Lawmakers Discuss the Katrina Report Members of the House Select Committee investigating the preparation and response to Hurricane Katrina discuss what they have learned. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Chertoff Discusses Response to Katrina Report Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff discusses the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina and what can be done differently in another natural disaster. Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Man Shot By Vice President Back in Intensive Care Hospital officials in Corpus Christi, Texas, said Harry Whittington, who was accidentally shot by Vice President Dick Cheney, has birdshot in or near his heart, which caused him to suffer a mild heart attack. Jeffrey Brown reports on the story. Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Saddam Hussein Protests Trial with Hunger Strike Saddam Hussein's trial continued with the deposed Iraqi leader's announcement that he and three of his co-defendants are refusing food in protest of the recently appointed chief judge. Following a background report, two lawyers react to the proceedings. Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Press, White House React to Cheney Accident Vice President Dick Cheney has not issued a public statement concerning a hunting trip where he accidentally shot a fellow hunter. A Washington Post reporter discusses how the press handled the incident as well as the White House's reaction. Continue watching
Feb 13 Shiite Party Narrowly Votes to Retain Iraqi Prime Minister By PBS News Hour The leading Shiite alliance party voted to retain moderate Islamist Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Iraq's prime minister, but the one-vote margin exposed deep differences within the leading political party over the direction of the new Iraqi parliament. Continue reading
Feb 13 Preval Supporters Protest Haitian Election Tally By PBS News Hour Gunfire erupted Monday at a protest in Haiti over preliminary election results showing former president Rene Preval garnering less than 50 percent of the vote, which would require a runoff in March. Continue reading