Jan 19 Watch One Year In, a Closer Look at the Obama Presidency As the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama's Inauguration arrives, Jeffrey Brown speaks with a panel of experts about how the president has performed so far in the Oval Office and the challenges that remain ahead. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch News Wrap: Fort Hood Report Could Lead to Discipline In other news, an independent report blamed several military officers for failing to prevent the Fort Hood massacre in November, and the man accused of planning to bomb Bali in 2002 may be tried in Washington D.C. Continue watching
Jan 14 Obama Proposes Tax on Biggest Banks to Recoup Bailout Funds UPDATE - 2:05 P.M.: In his remarks this morning announcing the proposed tax on the nation's biggest banks, President Obama said he wants to "recover every single dime the American people are owed." He went on: "We're already hearing a… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Big Banks Brace for Major Tax Hike President Obama announced Thursday plans to tax the nation's biggest banks to recoup TARP costs. But not everyone thinks this is such a great idea. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch News Wrap: Deal Reached on Taxing ‘Cadillac’ Plans In other news, President Obama and union leaders reached an agreement on taxing high-cost health care plans, and a suicide bomber killed 20 people in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Jan 13 How Job Numbers Stack Up Across Patchwork Nation By Hari Sreenivasan // In his latest visit to the Rundown, Patchwork Nation's Dante Chinni discussed how unemployment rates in some U.S. communities have fared over the last year, how income disparities break down across the country and how it all may… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Congress Presses Bankers for Answers About Meltdown Bankers from the nation's top financial institutions faced tough questions Wednesday from Congress, which has been investigating what led to the financial collapse and what role banks played. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Death Toll in Afghan War Up to 14 in Jan. In other news, four American troops were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, raising the U.S. death toll to 14 for the month; and, the Supreme Court weighed whether to give anti-trust protection to the National Football League. Continue watching
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 Tuesday’s Headlines: Federal Reserve Made Record Profit in 2009 UPDATED 12:57 p.m. ET What bad economy? The Federal Reserve posted record profits in 2009, positioning itself to return $46.1 billion to the U.S. Treasury, the central bank announced Tuesday. According to an analysis this morning in… Continue reading