Nov 06 Watch 7:22 Why Pelosi thinks these midterms are about 'honoring the vision of our founders' Midterm elections are often perceived as a referendum on the current presidential administration. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi joins Judy Woodruff to explain what her party thinks is on the table this Election Day, including “integrity in government.”… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 3:20 What makes this year's midterms historic How do this year’s midterm elections compare to those in the past? Judy Woodruff gets insights from presidential historian Michael Beschloss about the significance of this year’s races given the current power dynamic among the three branches of government. Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 15:24 Analyzing what's at stake this Election Day Judy Woodruff previews Tuesday’s midterm elections with syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn.org and Chris Buskirk of American Greatness. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch 12:33 Midterm closing arguments come down to immigration and health care Tuesday's midterm elections could shift control of Congress, while rendering a judgment on the Trump presidency, and Democrats and Republicans are campaigning down to the wire. Lisa Desjardins and Yamiche Alcindor join Judy Woodruff to round up what both parties… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 12:24 Shields and Brooks on Trump's focus on immigration, midterm closing arguments Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the uptick of extremism during this election season, as well as the role of immigration and racial politics in the 2018 midterm elections. Continue watching
Oct 28 Georgia election fight shows that black voter suppression, a southern tradition, still flourishes By Frederick Knight, The Conversation Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued after an Associated Press investigation revealed that his office suppressed 53,000 voter registrations – most of them filed by African-Americans. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch 8:07 What motivated the mail bomb suspect? Now that a Florida man has been arrested and charged in the series of mail bombs over the past week, we turn to considering his motives. What do we know about the relationship between ideological extremism and violent behavior? And… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 7:03 Can a Democrat win in West Virginia's 'Trump country'? By PBS NewsHour, Jaywon Choe West Virginia was once a Democratic stronghold, but its political landscape has shifted solidly Republican in recent elections: in 2016, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton there by 42%. But now, a Democratic congressional candidate who himself voted for Trump is… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 3:50 As more explosives are found, Trump, Brennan clash over causes Three more mail bombs were intercepted today: two in Delaware, addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden, and another sent to Robert De Niro’s New York City office. After President Trump blamed the "hateful" media for stoking national tensions, former… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 8:25 The roots of our current political divisiveness Discovery of explosives addressed to prominent Democratic figures this week took the country’s political divisiveness to grave new heights. How did we get here, and how can we recover? Judy speaks to Professor Joanne Freeman, author of “The Field of… Continue watching