• Should Comey have spoken up against Trump’s request?

    Should Comey have spoken up against Trump’s request?

    Jun 08, 2017 11:55 PM EST

    ... there are tapes. I remember saying, "I agree he is a good guy," as a way of saying, I'm not agreeing with what you just asked me to do." Again, maybe other people would be stronger in that circumstance. But that was -- that's how I conducted myself. I ...

  • Where things stand for Trump’s Cabinet amid tough questioning

    Where things stand for Trump’s Cabinet amid tough questioning

    Jan 19, 2017 12:21 AM EST

    ... receiving the care are actually receiving care. SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN, D-Mass.: I understand why you think you're right to cut it. I'm just asking the question. Did you propose to cut more than a trillion dollars out of Medicaid over the next 10 years? REP. TOM PRICE ...

  • What to watch tonight in Rio: Simone Biles and Team USA set sights on women’s gymnastics gold

    What to watch tonight in Rio: Simone Biles and Team USA set sights on women’s gymnastics gold

    Aug 09, 2016 09:01 PM EST

    ... src=twsrc%5Etfw British diver Tom Daley -- and the rest of us -- would like to know why one of the diving pools is green. "I just asked one of the organizers why the pool is green and he said: 'I don't know,'" BBC's Bob Ballard said. https://twitter ...

  • A long, violent battle over policing meets hope for change in Newark

    A long, violent battle over policing meets hope for change in Newark

    Jul 15, 2016 10:02 PM EST

    ... be corrected through training. YOUNG MAN IN FRONTLINE CLIP: The way you all approached me, all I was doing was walking home. If you had just asked me, I would have said I was walking home. Do not stereotype, cause that’s what you all did to me. UDI OFER ...

  • Shields and Brooks on Trump-Cruz wife feud, ISIS terror in Brussels

    Shields and Brooks on Trump-Cruz wife feud, ISIS terror in Brussels

    Mar 26, 2016 12:22 AM EST

    ... had women -- strong, independent women in his life who have spoken to him. It doesn't seem that way. His daughter... JUDY WOODRUFF: She has asked him tough questions in that debate. MARK SHIELDS: She just asked him tough questions and was totally fair, by everybody else's standards. But ...

  • Scalia’s absence alters dynamic for abortion case

    Scalia’s absence alters dynamic for abortion case

    Mar 03, 2016 12:22 AM EST

    ... And now the other side. Clarke Forsythe is acting president and senior counsel for the anti-abortion rights group Americans United for Life. I was just asking Cecile Richards from Planned Parenthood about the undue burden argument. That's the argument in which they are challenging whether this law, this ...

  • Bad bargain? Manufactured-home owners feel the financial strain

    Bad bargain? Manufactured-home owners feel the financial strain

    Jan 03, 2016 12:38 AM EST

    ... re asking for retains all of those protections for the consumers so that more, so the consumers can stay in their homes. We’re not asking that any of those consumer protections be taken away. We’re just asking that we have the opportunity to make loans and customers living ...

  • Democrats in Congress lay out steps to prevent gun access by suspected extremists

    Democrats in Congress lay out steps to prevent gun access by suspected extremists

    Dec 08, 2015 07:20 PM EST

    ... the Internal Revenue Service, a reference to the 2013 outcry over that agency's intense scrutiny of some conservative groups seeking tax exemptions. "We're just asking for terrorists not to be able to walk into a gun shop and buy a gun," said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas ...

  • Why mass transit experts have their eye on Houston's bus system

    Why mass transit experts have their eye on Houston's bus system

    Oct 11, 2015 04:52 PM EST

    ... Spieler is one of the architects behind the new system. He's an urban planner and sits on Metro's board. CHRISTOF SPIELER: So we just asked a question, what would this bus system look like if we started over from scratch. KARLA MURTHY: The old bus routes ran on ...

  • Tech-age butlers aren’t just for superheroes anymore

    Tech-age butlers aren’t just for superheroes anymore

    Jun 04, 2015 11:23 PM EST

    If you're too busy and you want to outsource your chores, there are apps galore these days. Now there’s Alfred, a new online service that aims to scale up the business of butlering by offering relatively low-cost help with shopping, cleaning and errands in certain neighborhoods. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.