Apr 12 Watch Obama Pushes For Cuts to Nuclear Arsenals During Global Summit President Obama hosted dozens of world leaders in Washington for an unprecedented summit on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. Jeffrey Brown reports on the summit and efforts to slash nuclear arsenals. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Albright, Scowcroft Outline Nuclear Summit Goals For perspective on the president's nuclear summit and the movement to cut weapons stockpiles around the world, Jim Lehrer speaks to summit organizers, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft. Continue watching
Apr 08 After Geithner Visit, Is China Ready to Let Its Currency Strengthen? Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met a high-ranking Chinese official Thursday in Beijing for talks believed to have focused on China's currency. No breakthroughs were reported by either side but rumblings out of the session seem to signal China may be… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Expresses Concerns Over Karzai’s Taliban Remarks In other news Monday, the Obama administration voiced continuing concerns over relations with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, and gunman in Iraq killed a Shiite family of six on the heels of a violent weekend in Baghdad. Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch News Wrap: Vatican Distances Itself from Minister’s Remarks In other news, Pope Benedict's personal minister sparked outrage on Good Friday by comparing criticism of the pope over church abuse scandals to "collective violence" against Jews. Also, Afghan President Hamid Karzai tried to smooth relations with the U.S. after… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Jones: Local Corruption Affects Afghans’ Mindset, Trust in Government Jim Lehrer speaks with National Security Advisor Gen. Jim Jones about the difficulty of rooting out government corruption in Afghanistan, how the administration is dealing with pirates and about his own job security. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch White House Turns Focus to National Security The Obama Administration turned to its attention to foreign affairs this week. The president traveled to Afghanistan to address corruption reform with President Hamid Karzai and hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as both countries pressure Iran over its nuclear program. Continue watching
Mar 31 Tonight on PBS, I.M. Pei Finds Life Reflection in Return to China Tonight on PBS, American Masters follows architect I.M. Pei back to the hometown he left as a young man, to design a new, modern museum for the city of Suzhou, China. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Google-China Dispute Puts Internet Freedoms Back in the Spotlight Chinese officials were quick to condemn Google's decision to move its search engine from mainland of China because of censorship and deterioration of the relationship following hacking in January. Gwen Ifill gets two points of view on the deteriorating relationship… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Google’s China Exit Elicits Mixed Reactions Google announced Monday that it will move its search portal from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong because of dissatisfaction with censorship and Internet security. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching