• Family members of hostages offer opposing perspectives on a resolution

    Family members of hostages offer opposing perspectives on a resolution

    Mar 05, 2024 11:40 PM EDT

    Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Father of Hamas Hostage: I believe the Israeli government should be doing its job and returning as many of the hostages as possible in as early time frame as possible. Right now, we don't know how many are still alive. Every day, every hour, the possibility ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on political benefits and drawbacks of Biden's Israel support

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on political benefits and drawbacks of Biden's Israel support

    Feb 26, 2024 11:30 PM EDT

    ... all of these other things related to Israel. He held Netanyahu close initially. Literally, I watched him hug him on the tarmac in Tel Aviv right after October 7. And that worked very well for President Biden with Jewish voters, who are also a very important constituency. And also Biden ...

  • Remembering the art and energy of tap dance legend Maurice Hines

    Remembering the art and energy of tap dance legend Maurice Hines

    Jan 04, 2024 11:25 PM EDT

    ... a new production of "Sophisticated Ladies," a review based on the life of Duke Ellington, at Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln Theatre. Two high school brothers, John and Leo Manzari, now well-respected professional tappers in their own right, caught his attention. What does a good tap dancer have to ...

  • News Wrap: Michigan Supreme Court rules Trump will stay on state's primary ballot

    News Wrap: Michigan Supreme Court rules Trump will stay on state's primary ballot

    Dec 27, 2023 11:45 PM EDT

    ... accused police of firing live bullets. Protesters refused to give up. Ruddy Mandio, Opposition Protester (through interpreter): The people are resisting. Marching is our constitutional right, and it is not over, because they need to take responsibility for this chaotic election. We won't back down. Amna Nawaz: International observers ...

  • Israelis volunteer on farms to save agricultural supply after migrant workers flee war

    Israelis volunteer on farms to save agricultural supply after migrant workers flee war

    Dec 26, 2023 11:20 PM EDT

    ... Forces: Usually not. Jon Frankel: Yair Lehmann works logistics in the IDF. How does it feel to be volunteering here when you know that your brothers and sisters in arms are fighting a war right now? Yair Lehmann: Actually, my best friends are in the commando and in the tank ...

  • Truce in Gaza extended another day with more hostages freed, but tougher talks expected

    Truce in Gaza extended another day with more hostages freed, but tougher talks expected

    Nov 30, 2023 02:33 PM EDT

    ... waiting for buses along a main highway entering Jerusalem, killing at least three people and wounding several others, according to Israeli police. The two attackers, brothers from a neighborhood in annexed east Jerusalem, were killed. After the attack, six other members of the family were detained, and the government ordered ...

  • Israeli settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians have escalated since Oct. 7, UN says

    Israeli settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians have escalated since Oct. 7, UN says

    Nov 20, 2023 06:06 PM EDT

    The ghost town Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Israel should “wipe out” Palestinian town Hawara after a gunman killed two Israeli brothers in February, sending hundreds of settlers on a deadly rampage. Another far-right religious lawmaker, Zvika Fogel, said he wanted to see the commercial hub “closed, incinerated." Today ...

  • Why people in an Ohio town feel left behind in the modern U.S. economy

    Why people in an Ohio town feel left behind in the modern U.S. economy

    Nov 15, 2023 11:25 PM EDT

    ... he loves Trump. Now, figure it out. My dad is rolling over in his grave, a staunch Democrat. Me, I'm a staunch Democrat. My brothers were staunch -- and my son is a Republican, I call him. Judy Woodruff: While many white working-class voters have shifted to the right ...

  • Blinken and Austin assure U.S. support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms

    Blinken and Austin assure U.S. support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms

    Oct 13, 2023 08:58 PM EDT

    Asked about the likelihood of civilian casualties in Gaza, Austin said Israel has the right to defend itself. He said he respects Israeli forces because he's worked with them over the years when he was in the military. “They are professional, they are disciplined and they are focused on ...

  • Professional informant takes center stage in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents

    Professional informant takes center stage in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents

    Oct 11, 2023 09:35 PM EDT

    ... Miami’s legal community, running Hernández de Luque Brothers, billed on its website as a “new kind of consulting firm for a changing world." "An integral part of our services is to work closely with our clients so that they can make the right decisions in selecting the right attorney.”