Mar 20 Administration Warns Bird Flu Expected in U.S. This Year By PBS News Hour Bush administration officials Monday said the likelihood of bird flu arriving on U.S. shores this year is "increasingly likely" but that its arrival does not increase the chances of a human pandemic. Continue reading
Mar 20 Supreme Court Rejects Cigarette Award Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to review a $50 million punitive damage award that lower courts in California enforced upon cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch American Public Uncertain as Iraq War Enters its Fourth Year As public opinion surveys show growing disenchantment with the Iraq war, U.S. officials used the third anniversary to defend the continuing engagement. Two guests discuss Iraq's future. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Two Authors Question Prewar Decisions A new book by two military experts has found that the Bush administration misjudged the ferocity of the armed insurgency that would follow the initial fighting in the Iraq war. The two authors discuss their findings. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Polls Show Decline In Support for War Jim Lehrer speaks with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about the latest poll numbers on how Americans view the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Discontent Continues to Grow with U.S. Handling of Iraq War Columnist Tom Oliphant and New York Times Columnist David Brooks discuss a new book critiquing the Bush administration's pre-war planning, the continued drop in American support for the president's Iraq policy, the Feingold censure measure and more from the week's… Continue watching
Mar 15 U.N. Approves Human Rights Council Against U.S. Wishes By PBS News Hour Members of the U.N. General Assembly ignored U.S. opposition and voted overwhelmingly to establish a Human Rights Council. Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Tensions High Over Iran Nuclear Program Weeks of tough rhetoric from U.S. and Iranian officials have brought international tensions over Iran's nuclear program to an all time high with neither side willing to negotiate or back down. Two regional experts discuss the state of the diplomatic… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Guest Worker Program at Heart of Immigration Fight The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would focus enforcement efforts on illegal workers, which would include building 700 miles of physical barriers along the Mexican border. The Senate is considering a plan to let undocumented workers stay… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Addresses Congress Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf addressed a joint session of congress, stressing Liberia's close historical ties to the United States. Continue watching