Jun 30 Ask BP Exec Bob Dudley Your Questions for a Live Interview Thursday By News Desk On July 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET, senior correspondent Ray Suarez will moderate a live Q&A session between BP's Bob Dudley, the executive now in charge of the company's oil leak response, and you. Google, YouTube and the… Continue reading
Jun 30 In Reporting on Oil Spill, Limits Persist on Media Access in the Gulf By Bridget Desimone Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and I spent last week reporting the health impact of the oil spill in Plaquemines Parish -- Louisiana's southernmost parish, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. During that time… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch Hurricane Alex Signals Storm Season Could Disrupt Oil Cleanup As Hurricane Alex stalls oil capture efforts along the Gulf Coast, Jeffrey Brown talks with a hurricane forecaster and an oil spill response expert about the ongoing oil capture efforts and the difficulties that the hurricane season may bring. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Scientists Probe the Ocean Depths to Gauge Gulf Oil Spill Damage Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Florida on scientists who are going deep underwater with sensor technology to explore the damage caused by BP's gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Hurricane Alex Hinders Oil Cleanup Efforts in Gulf High waves and gusting winds from Hurricane Alex hampered cleanup efforts in the Gulf, forcing oil-skimming ships back to shore. Jeffrey Brown reports on the difficulties storm season may pose for the Gulf Coast. Continue watching
Jun 29 Google Stops Redirect for Chinese Users In an effort to keep its license to operate in China, Google will stop automatically rerouting mainland China users to an uncensored version of its search engine, the company announced late Monday. Under the previous configuration google.cn users… Continue reading
Jun 29 Meeting the Promise of ‘PlayPumps’ By Lauren Knapp Five years ago, Frontline/World correspondent Amy Costello reported on a new kind of water pump being developed in southern Africa. The “PlayPump” operated like a merry-go-round, with the added benefit of pumping clean water into a tower that… Continue reading
Jun 28 Monday: Kagan Hearings Set to Begin; Sen. Byrd Dies; Oil Hits Miss. Coast By Tom LeGro Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begin Monday. (The NewsHour will live stream the hearings all week.) Monday's hearing is scheduled to begin at around 12:30 p.m. at the Hart Senate Office Building. Each member of the… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch News Wrap: Financial Reform Hits Trouble in Senate, Oil Stains Miss. Beaches In other news Monday, heavy oil reached mainland beaches in Mississippi for the first time as tropical storm waves limited the amount of oil that could be siphoned. Also, people in Kyrgyzstan voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to create Central Asia's… Continue watching
Jun 25 Friday: Financial Reform Deal Reached; BP’s Costs Hit $2.35 Billion Conference committee chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) at Senate-House meetings. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. A sweeping overhaul of Wall Street rules cleared congressional negotiations early Friday after last-minute deals and compromises. Final votes in the House and… Continue reading