Jun 08 Watch Environmental Lawyers Weigh BP’s Liability in Leak Fifty days into the Gulf oil spill, officials still don't have a firm answer on how much oil is escaping from the damaged well or how long it could continue. Jim Lehrer talks to two environmental law professors about the… Continue watching
Jun 07 Oil Spill Liability a Complicated Legal Web By Quinn Bowman As oil continues to leak into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank, the amount of legal damages that BP and other companies might owe is an evolving issue before Congress. Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch Risk of Homegrown Terrorism Plots Examined Two New Jersey men are the latest American citizens arrested for alleged involvement with international terrorism groups. Jeffrey Brown examines the ongoing concern over homegrown terror risks with two terrorism experts. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Two N.J. Men Arrested in Connection With Somalia Jihad Plot Two New Jersey men were arrested over the weekend at John F. Kennedy Airport over possible connections to a terrorist group operating in Somalia. Jeffrey Brown reports on the arrest and the ongoing terror probes in New York. Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Drilling Moratorium Could Imperil Louisiana’s Expansive Oil Industry In our continuing coverage of the Gulf oil leak, Spencer Michels reports on how the spill may impact Louisiana's lucrative drilling industry as lawmakers impose a moratorium on offshore drilling and vow to ramp up regulation on the industry. Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Success of BP’s Oil Well Cap Remains Uncertain After BP installed a cap on the head of the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well, Ray Suarez talks to Greg McCormack of the Petroleum Extension Service at the University of Texas about whether this week's "cut and cap" attempt… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Shields and Brooks: Should Obama Be Comforter-in-Chief in Oil Crisis? Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including President Obama's emotional engagement -- or lack thereof -- with people affected by the Gulf oil leak, and the U.S. relationship with Israel following… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Obama Surveys Gulf Oil Damage Again as BP Secures Well Cap President Obama returned to the Gulf Coast to survey the environmental damage, as BP said it is making headway in capping the gushing oil well at the bottom of the ocean. Ray Suarez reports on the president's visit and the… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch Paul McCartney’s White House Serenade President Barack Obama presented former Beatle Paul McCartney with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, on behalf of the Library of Congress. Jim Lehrer has a look at McCartney's serenade to the president and first lady at the White House. Continue watching