Jul 26 Suicide Bombing Kills Three Near U.S. Base in Northern Iraq A suicide car bomb near a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed three Iraqis Monday and assassins shot and killed a senior Interior Ministry official, in the latest attack on officials in the interim Iraqi… Continue reading
Jul 26 Why National Party Conventions Merit Substantial News Coverage NewsHour media correspondent Terence Smith, reporting from the Democratic National Convention in Boston, describes why national party conventions merit substantial news coverage, despite claims that the staged events are not newsworthy. Continue reading
Jul 26 Kerry to Continue Campaigning During First Days of Convention Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was in Florida Monday as part of his seven-day "Freedom Trail" trip that will take him to several battleground states and ends Wednesday night with his arrival at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch The Evolving Role of National Party Conventions Ray Suarez discusses the evolving role of national party conventions in the presidential election process with Michael Beschloss, a presidential historian; Richard Norton Smith, executive director of the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; and Ellen Fitzpatrick, a history professor at… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Profile of the Delegates as per Survey Conducted by Pew Research Center Terence Smith profiles the Democratic delegates with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, which conducted a recent comprehensive survey of the convention delegates. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Mission of the Delegates at the Democratic Convention Over 4,000 Democratic delegates have come to Boston to name Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as their presidential nominee. Gwen Ifill speaks with some of the delegates about the issues they hope to express at the convention. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Columnists Discuss What the Democrats Hope to Achieve at Their Convention Jim Lehrer speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about what Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., And the Democrats hope to accomplish at their convention this week. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Vice President Al Gore's Speech at the Democratic National Convention Former Vice President Al Gore, the Democrat's nominee in 2000 who won the popular vote, but lost the electoral college, opened the convention with a call for Democrats and independents to support John Kerry in 2004. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Senator Hillary Clinton's Full Speech at the Democratic National Convention Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., introduced her husband, former President Clinton, saying "he showed Democrats how to win again."… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch President Bill Clinton's Full Speech at the Democratic National Convention Pledging to work as a foot soldier in the coming campaign, former President Clinton told Democrats in a rousing opening night address that he vowed to do all he could to send John Kerry to the White House. Continue watching