Jan 12 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Philip Levine By Tom LeGro At 82, Philip Levine is author of some 20 volumes of verse and is one of the nation’s most honored poets with a Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards. But he started life in Detroit, working in auto plants… Continue reading
Jan 12 Andrew Moore: 'Detroit Disassembled' An exhibition of photographs by Andrew Moore is on display at the Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York that captures the lost world of Detroit -- abandoned auto plants taken over by plants, burned out high schools frozen in time. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch Detroit Carmakers Look to Expand Reach Across Globe Gwen Ifill looks at how Detroit's "Big Three" carmakers plan to expand into markets such as China. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Poet Philip Levine Recalls Life at the Factory Jeffrey Brown profiles Philip Levine, a former auto worker who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Automobile Industry on the Road to Recovery? In Detroit, automakers hope to lure customers back into showrooms with new models and better financing options. Are consumers ready?… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch News Wrap: Harry Reid Defends Record on Race In other news, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized for making controversial remarks regarding President Obama's race in 2008, and three U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan following a firefight with militants in the south. Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch Nigerian Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Airline Plot Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas, entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment in Federal court Friday. Ray Suarez discusses the arraignment with Paul Egan of… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Obama Details Intelligence Lapses Around Botched Attack President Obama took responsibility for the systemic failures that allowed a terror suspect to board a plane with an explosive, saying in a statement "the buck stops with me." Jim Lehrer talks to counter-terrorism experts and lawmakers for reaction. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Obama Orders Intelligence Revamp; Says 'Buck Stops with Me' President Obama on Thursday outlined the intelligence missteps that failed to prevent an attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day, saying that while the incident was a systemic failure, "ultimately the buck stops with me."… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch News Wrap: Airline Incident in Miami Ends in Arrest In other news, another airline security incident occurred in Miami last night when an unruly passenger was arrested, and leaders in Europe remain divided over whether to use full body scanners at airports. Continue watching