Sep 07 Broadcast Networks Draw Fire, Fewer Viewers for Conventions By PBS News Hour Broadcast networks drew a lower audience than Fox News cable channel throughout the Republican National Convention, prompting news executives and media critics to reflect on network convention coverage and its impact on future campaign reporting. Continue reading
Sep 07 Clinton Recovering After Successful Bypass Surgery By PBS News Hour Former Pres. Bill Clinton was recuperating Tuesday in a New York hospital from emergency heart bypass surgery he underwent the day before in order to prevent a heart attack. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Sen. John Kerry and Pres. Bush Give Speeches About Their Policies on Iraq More than 16 months after President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq, the war continues to be fought as an issue in the presidential campaign. The president and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., spoke about Iraq and… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch Congress Debates Bills on the 9/11 Commission’s Reform Proposals Many members of Congress spent their summer recess in hearings about the 9/11 commission's intelligence reform proposals. Kwame Holman looks at the debate over the differences between the reform bills some members of Congress have introduced. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Sen. John F. Kerry and President Bush Continue Their Campaigns Both presidential candidates were busy this Labor Day weekend. President Bush spoke at a rally Sunday in Parkersburg, W.Va. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was in West Virginia Monday at a rally in Racine. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Former President Clinton Undergoes Successful Open Heart Surgery Former President Bill Clinton underwent successful open heart surgery Monday in New York City. Gwen Ifill talks with Dr. Jonathan Reiner of The George Washington University Medical Center about the president's operation -- what it is, how it works and… Continue watching
Sep 03 Former President Bill Clinton to Undergo Bypass Surgery By PBS News Hour Former President Bill Clinton could undergo heart bypass surgery as early as this Saturday, his office announced Friday. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch Commandos Storm a Russian School Where Militants Held Hundreds Hostage Commandos stormed the school in southern Russia today where Chechen rebels had held hundreds of hostages. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports that more than 150 people died and over 500 were injured in the battle. Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Undecided Voters Discuss the Presidential Election A group of voters in Portland, Ore., watched President Bush deliver his renomination acceptance speech Thursday night. Spencer Michels asks the voters how the marquee address at Madison Square Garden played in the Pacific Northwest. Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Bush and Kerry Hit the Campaign Trail Following the Conventions The day began early for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who aggressively defended his military record at a rally in Springfield, Ohio. President Bush continued his campaign in Moosic, Pa., Friday where he claimed credit for a report… Continue watching