Feb 17 Watch News Wrap: After Standoff, Congress OKs Payroll Tax Cut Extension In other news Friday, Congress voted to extend a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans two weeks before the cuts were due to expire. Also, a 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested after allegedly planning to detonate a suicide bomb… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Officials Warn Iran Might Blockade Strait of Hormuz if Attacked In other news Thursday, top U.S. officials offered new assessments of Iran's nuclear program, a day after the country claimed major new achievements in producing its own nuclear fuel. Also, claims and counter-claims were plentiful over possible peace talks involving… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch Greek Ambassador: ‘Profound Structural Reforms’ Necessary for Long-Term Recovery Greek Ambassador: 'Profound Structural Reforms' Necessary for Long-Term Recovery… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Greece Reels as Government OKs More Austerity Measures As Greece signed off on a new round of austerity measures in exchange for another bailout, European finance ministers said the cuts may not be enough. James Mates of Independent Television News reports on the start of a two-day strike… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Austerity Plan Might Ease Greece Out of its 2-Year Debt Crisis After weeks of negotiations, Greece's political leaders wrapped up a controversial agreement Thursday on yet another round of austerity measures. Though the deal received some praise, Germany said it fell short while workers in Greece took to the streets to… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch Amid Eurozone Crisis, How Germany Became Europe’s Richest Country Amid Eurozone Crisis, How Germany Became Europe's Richest Country… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Fed Faces New Scrutiny for Trillions in Assistance to Banks After Crisis A report published Monday raises new questions about money that the Federal Reserve provided to banks in the wake of the financial crisis. Judy Woodruff discusses the report with Bob Ivry of Bloomberg News. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch European Leaders Struggle to Hold Together Greek Bailout Deal Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou flew to France late Wednesday to explain his sudden call for a referendum on a new European bailout for his country. Gray Gibbon and Faisal Islam of Independent Television News report. Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch With Debt Fix in Danger, Is it Europe’s ‘Lehman Moment’? World markets were shaken Tuesday by new fears that the European debt deal might come unglued. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move with a reporter in Athens and a market analyst. Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch Greece’s Call for Referendum on Bailout Sends Markets Tumbling Markets dropped Tuesday when Greece's leaders called for a referendum to the massive bailout package that emerged from an emergency summit last week. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching