• 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

    Hillary Clinton talks ‘Hard Choices’ and battle scars

    Jun 25, 2014 09:50 PM EST

    ... wouldn’t you run for president? HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: Well, you know, obviously I’m flattered and I’m honored that so many people are asking me what you just asked me… GWEN IFILL: Okay, you’re flattered, your honored, let’s move on… HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: Yes, I know ...

  • Lawmakers blast Hagel over failure to communicate on Bergdahl deal

    Lawmakers blast Hagel over failure to communicate on Bergdahl deal

    Jun 12, 2014 12:01 AM EST

    ... of his medical condition? CHUCK HAGEL: Congressman, I hope you're not implying anything other than that. The fact is... REP. JEFF MILLER: I'm just asking the question, Mr. Secretary, that you won't answer. CHUCK HAGEL:  I'm going to give an answer too, and I don't ...

  • No image

    ‘Everything But the News’ gives NewsHour fans a comical behind-the-scenes look

    Mar 13, 2014 07:05 PM EST

    ... fake. "Jordan Smith" for instance, supposedly Goldbloom’s “PBS producer,” is in fact (gasp!) Goldbloom’s cousin from Toronto. But one thing that’s undeniably real are those intros from Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and Hari Sreenivasan. How did Goldbloom convince them to partake in the show? "I just asked."