Sep 09 Watch Federal Assault Weapons Ban Set to Expire The federal assault-weapons ban, which outlaws 19 types of semiautomatic weapons, is set to expire Monday if Congress does not renew it. Margaret Warner gets two perspectives on whether Congress should renew the ban from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. and… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Colin Powell Calls the Murder of Black Africans in Sudan Genocide Secretary of State Colin Powell used the term genocide for the first time today to describe the murder of tens of thousands of African Sudanese in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Terence Smith looks at the evolving U.S. response… Continue watching
Sep 08 Democrats Charge Cheney With Using Scare Tactics By PBS News Hour Democrats were up in arms Wednesday over comments Vice President Dick Cheney made this week suggesting that electing Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in November would make the United States more vulnerable to a terrorist attack. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Presidential Election Focuses on Terrorism Issue Vice President Dick Cheney told a town hall audience in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday that there would be an increased risk of terrorist attacks if Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., were elected president. Kwame Holman looks at how the politics of… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch U.S. Forces Intensify Attacks on Insurgent Strongholds U.S. forces on intensified their attacks on insurgent strongholds in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Samarra. Meanwhile, two more American soldiers were killed in shootouts near Baghdad, pushing the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq past 1,000. Margaret… Continue watching
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