Apr 22 Watch BNY Mellon's Kelly: Financial Reforms Could Stifle Economic Recovery As Democrats and Republicans in the Senate prepare to tackle a sweeping bank overhaul, Judy Woodruff talks to Bank of New York Mellon CEO Robert Kelly about how the bill could reshape the country's financial system and his concerns that… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch Summers: Bank Reforms Would Halt 'Too Big to Fail' Mentality As the Senate prepares to consider new financial regulations, Jeffrey Brown talks to White House financial adviser Larry Summers about whether reform efforts could prevent another financial meltdown. Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch Obama Asks Wall Street for Reform Support as Senate Battle Looms President Obama admonished Wall Street for fighting financial reforms as the Senate prepares to consider new regulations for the country's financial system. Judy Woodruff reports on reactions in the financial community. Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Obama Begins to Scrutinize Potential Supreme Court Nominees As President Barack Obama reaches out to potential replacements for Justice John Paul Stevens on the bench, Gwen Ifill gets three points of view from legal experts on the politics behind the president's second nomination to the Supreme Court and… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Financial Reform Gets Bipartisan Boost in Derivatives Rule Vote Lawmakers moved closer to passing sweeping reform of the financial system as a Senate panel approved new regulations for the complex derivatives market with the backing of GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa. Jeffrey Brown talks to experts about derivatives… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Fraud Charges Feed Financial Reform Debate With the SEC filing a civil charge against Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs, accusing it of defrauding investors, Jeffrey Brown speaks with University of Maryland law professor Michael Greenberger and attorney John Singer about the fallout for the firm and… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch Shields and Brooks on Changing Political Landscapes in Florida, U.S. Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including the competitive GOP Senate primary in Florida, whether anyone will run as a moderate this year and the outcome of the Washington nuclear summit. Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch Goldman Sachs Could Face Sanctions, Fines After SEC Fraud Charge The SEC charged powerful investment bank Goldman Sachs with defrauding investors in the runup to the subprime mortgage crisis. Jim Lehrer talks to a Washington Post reporter about the charges. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Tax Day Protests Highlight Discord Over Government Spending Tea Party activists across the country used Thursday's income tax filing deadline as a platform to voice disputes over the growth of government, while the Obama administration stressed the importance of tax-funded programs. Jim Lehrer reports. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch News Wrap: Attacks Kill 11 in Southern Afghanistan In other news on Thursday, a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan killed seven foreign workers in the southern city of Kandahar and rescue workers in China continued the search for survivors of Wednesday's powerful earthquakes. Continue watching