Jun 02 Earlier Sotomayor Senate Appearances Hold Clues for Supreme Court Confirmation By Admin, PBS News Hour As Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor finishes her first round of closed-door visits with lawmakers Tuesday, it won't be the first time she's faced questions from some of the senators who will decide if she ascends to the nation's highest… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch After Bankruptcy Filing, Focus Turns to the 'New GM' GM's bankruptcy will result in the federal government owning 60 percent of the newly restructured company. GM CFO Ray Young discusses the company's future. Continue watching
Jun 01 GM Files for Bankruptcy Protection; Judge OKs Chrysler Asset Sale By Admin, PBS News Hour General Motors, a longtime cornerstone of American industrial power, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday morning and embarked on a broad restructuring, paving the way for the struggling automaker to receive another $30 billion in taxpayer aid. Continue reading
May 29 Watch Digital Threats Mark New Front in Nation's Security President Obama unveiled plans Friday to shore up the safety of U.S. computer networks, including naming a new "cyber czar." Analysts examine the nature of digital vulnerabilities. Continue watching
May 29 Obama Pledges Increased Cybersecurity, Will Name Cyber Czar By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama unveiled a comprehensive plan to combat threats to the U.S. digital infrastructure Friday, including creating a new position to handle cybersecurity coordination. Continue reading
May 29 Watch Sotomayor's Supreme Court Bid, GM's Future Top Week's News Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the news of the week, including President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court and GM's likely bankruptcy. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Questions of Legitimacy Loom Over Abbas In Meeting with Obama President Obama met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Thursday to discuss divisions among the Palestinian people and the ongoing controversy over Israeli settlements on the West Bank. Two Mideast analysts mull the outcome of the meeting. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Settlement Issue Looms Over Obama, Abbas Meeting Margaret Warner reports on reactions to the meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and President Barack Obama Thursday. Continue watching
May 27 Watch Obama Administration Faces Instability in Key Nuclear Nations Nuclear tests in North Korea, violence in Pakistan and a diplomatic stalemate with Iran has complicated nuclear diplomacy for the U.S. Former Carter official Zbigniew Brzezinski and Philip Zelikow, foreign adviser under President Bush, consider the new world. Continue watching
May 26 Watch Axelrod Sheds Light on Obama's Supreme Court Nominating Process White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod describes the interview process that led President Obama to chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, and why the president is confident that she is the best person for the job. Continue watching