Feb 05 Watch Shields and Brooks Assess Power Shift in Congress Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top stories of the past week, including a new power dynamic in the Senate, and efforts to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch Jobless Rate Drops, but Fuller Recovery Still Appears Distant The economy shed 20,000 jobs in January, but there were new hopes of economic growth as the nation's unemployment rate ticked down to 9.7 percent. Jim Lehrer speaks with a pair of experts about the latest numbers, as well as… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch Reagan Budget Chief Offers a 'Gunslinger' Defense of Obama's Bank Reforms With President Obama pushing a bipartisan deal on reforming banking regulations, Paul Solman talks with David Stockman, former Reagan budget chief and Wall Street "gunslinger," about the proposal to tax banks on their size and amount of risk. Continue watching
Feb 05 What Is Needed to Spur Job Creation? By Carolyn O'Hara With the unemployment level still hovering near double digits, the PBS NewsHour asked a handful of economists and small business owners for their thoughts on the one thing Washington should do to jumpstart job creation. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch As Senate Dynamic Shifts, a Test for Both Parties Senate Democrats are looking to newly-seated Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., to reach across the aisle now that their 60-vote majority is gone. Brown's upset election has cast a new light on legislative tactics like the filibuster, and what they mean… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Obama Jobs Push Focusing on Small Business President Obama is looking to cut the nation's unemployment rate by offering more aid for small business, but a plan to borrow from TARP has some lawmakers balking. Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch Budget Cuts Launch Debate on NASA's Future Rather than send a man back to the moon, President Obama's proposed budget calls for a far less expensive plan of encouraging private companies to build spacecrafts for NASA to rent. But veterans of the space agency's golden years fear… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch Top Defense Officials Seek an End to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate panel Tuesday they would review how to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving… Continue watching
Feb 01 President Obama's YouTube Interview: The New Fireside Chat? By Hari Sreenivasan Fresh off his interview with President Barack Obama, YouTube's Steve Grove stopped by The Rundown Monday evening to discuss new ways the public is communicating its concerns and suggestions with the White House. _pap_embed_custom('news01s3a23qdbe',482,304,""); Watch Grove's full interview with… Continue reading
Feb 01 President Obama Answers Questions Posted to YouTube By Dave Gustafson Updated 6:20pm ET In a live Webcast Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama answered questions posed by members of the YouTube community. The video will be archived here. You can read a full transcript of the interview here, courtesy… Continue reading