Oct 10 Watch Political Analysis with Shields and Safire Jim Lehrer talks to syndicated columnist Mark Shields and William Safire of The New York Times about the Democratic debate, the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as California's governor and recent developments in the Bush administration's Iraq policy. Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Democratic Face-off One year after the House of Representatives voted to authorize President Bush to wage war against Iraq, the nine Democrats who seek to replace him took aim at the president's war strategy during a debate in Phoenix last night. Continue watching
Oct 09 Palestinian Prime Minister Threatens to Resign Palestinian officials were struggling to persuade Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei not to quit Thursday, after the recently appointed official threatened to resign over a security dispute with President Yasser Arafat. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch Perspectives on Press Leaks As the Justice Department continues its criminal probe into the alleged White House naming of an undercover CIA agent to a half dozen reporters, Jim Lehrer and four historians review past cases of alleged presidential leaks to the media. Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Paying to Rebuild in Iraq President Bush's request for additional funding for the United States' postwar presence in Iraq and Afghanistan cleared another congressional hurdle today. Kwame Holman reports on the latest from Capitol Hill. Continue watching
Oct 08 Schwarzenegger Faces Budget Crisis, Partisan Anger California's governor-elect, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, must now face an $8 billion budget shortfall, a Democratic legislature and partisan resentment over the recall effort that brought the actor to power. Continue reading
Oct 08 Californians Recall Governor Davis, Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger The voters of California, angered by a sagging economy and the perceived failings of the incumbent governor, turned out in large numbers to oust Gov. Gray Davis and replace him with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Paying to Rebuild Iraq Kwame Holman updates the appropriations debate over the $87 billion the Bush administration has requested to fund reconstruction in postwar Iraq. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Start of the Term The Supreme Court began its new term this week with a decision on the docket over whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to rehire employees who were terminated for drug or alcohol abuse. Ray Suarez previews the new… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch California Political Quake In an emphatic electoral statement, Californian voters recalled Gov. Gray Davis and selected Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger to succeed him. Jeffrey Kaye of KCET in Los Angeles reports on the recall fallout. Continue watching