• 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

    ... It was cleaned when I moved in, which was about nine days ago. PAUL SOLMAN: Or choosing a new coffee maker. EMMA STANTON: I just asked for particular recommendations, and this was one of three they suggested. PAUL SOLMAN: Cleaning her clothes. EMMA STANTON: This is my laundry. I just ...

  • Who's really paying the price for those beautiful nails?

    Who's really paying the price for those beautiful nails?

    May 08, 2015 11:27 PM EST

    ... the streets of Flushing are filled with nail salon workers, almost like migrant workers. And we spent about three months going every single morning and just asking these women, tell me your story. And what is so interesting is this act of a manicure is a very intimate thing. You ...

  • Building literacy among the blind with a teen inventor’s low-cost Lego printer

    Building literacy among the blind with a teen inventor’s low-cost Lego printer

    Dec 23, 2014 12:49 AM EST

    ... life changes in a big way. SHUBHAM BANERJEE: I looked out.  No one was there.  But I did see a flyer over there, and which asked for donations for the visually impaired. I asked -- I didn't know why.  I just asked a random question to my parents.  How do ...

  • Should a federal health program pay to house L.A.'s homeless?

    Should a federal health program pay to house L.A.'s homeless?

    Dec 13, 2014 12:49 AM EST

    HARI SREENIVASAN: It was Partovi who noticed a few months ago that the 50-year-old's eyes looked yellowish -- one of the signs of alcoholic hepatitis. TRACY NAPOLI: She just asked me.  She says, 'Are you going to quit drinking? Do you want to quit drinking?' I said, 'Yes ...

  • Hillary Clinton talks ‘Hard Choices’ and battle scars