May 28 Watch Obama Surveys Gulf Damage as BP Continues Attempts to Plug Oil Leak President Obama traveled to the Gulf for a first-hand look at the damage from the blown out oil well, as efforts continue to plug the leak. Ray Suarez reports on the growing environmental catastrophe. Continue watching
May 27 Gov 2.0: Exploring Data With Google’s Crisis Response Team By Kate Gardiner Technology lovers and data geeks from all over the country gathered in Washington, D.C. this week for the Gov 2.0 Expo to explore the power of data and its emerging role in government. We spoke with Google's Natasha Wyatt… Continue reading
May 27 Gov 2.0 Expo: Holovaty on Empowering Citizens With Neighborhood Data By Hari Sreenivasan The Rundown took the show on the road this week, visiting the Gov 2.0 Expo in downtown Washington, D.C., to get some perspectives on efforts to make government more transparent and useful for its citizens. Everyblock.com founder… Continue reading
May 27 Viewers Answer YouTube Call for Oil Spill Suggestions On Tuesday, the NewsHour put out a YouTube call for viewers to submit their own suggestions for how to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and clean up the oil that's been gushing for more… Continue reading
May 27 Liveblogging Oil Leak Developments: Spill Now Worst in U.S. History By Quinn Bowman UPDATED: 6:13 PM: The New York Times is reporting that the top kill procedure has been halted by BP Thursday afternoon "when engineers saw that too much of the drilling fluid they were injecting into the well was escaping… Continue reading
May 27 Thursday: Gulf Region Awaits Word on Top Kill; Obama Issues Security Strategy By Jason Breslow Oil settles in the marsh area of Blind Bay, Louisiana. Win McNamee/Getty Images. BP is expected to know as early as Thursday afternoon whether its latest effort to plug the five-week-old oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has… Continue reading
May 27 Watch Gulf Spill Surpasses Exxon Valdez Spill as Worst in U.S. History President Obama called the Gulf Coast spill an "unprecedented disaster" as estimates for the leaking oil surpassed the Exxon Valdez spill, making it the worst oil eco-disaster in U.S. history. Judy Woodruff gets two points of view on the scale… Continue watching
May 27 Watch Obama Extends Drilling Moratorium, Defends Administration’s Spill Response President Obama announced plans to curb offshore drilling in response to the Gulf oil spill and said BP will be held responsible for the spill. Ray Suarez has an update on the ongoing Gulf disaster. Continue watching
May 27 Watch BP Remains Optimistic ‘Top Kill’ Will Seal Oil Leak Reports that more oil than originally thought is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico were tempered by early successes in the 'top kill' procedure to stop the leak at its source. Tom Bearden continues to track the progress of the… Continue watching