Dec 24 Watch Presidential Historians Mull Shape of Obama Administration Thus Far As President-elect Barack Obama completes the team of advisors and officers who will try to execute his campaign promises and navigate an economic crisis, historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith offer their perspectives of the Cabinet. Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Automakers Idle Plants While Awaiting Federal Action Faced with historically slow sales, the big three auto companies have made more cost-cutting moves, including temporarily shuttering plants, in an attempt to stay afloat while the government debates an auto industry aid package. A reporter in Detroit provides an… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch After Tough Year, Republicans Mull Next Steps After a historic 2008 presidential election, the Republican Party is facing new questions on how it should shape its agenda in the years to come. The co-authors of "Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Bush’s Final Iraq Visit Prompts Mixed Responses President Bush ended his farewell trip to Iraq and Afghanistan on Monday, where he met with officials about security matters and visited U.S. troops stationed in both conflict zones. Two Middle East analysts discuss the Bush administration's legacy in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 15 Bush Wraps up War Zone Visits Marred by Shoe Incident By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush has wrapped up a final surprise visit to the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan to tout recent gains in the region, but the contentious nature of his valedictory trip was highlighted by an Iraqi reporter's shoe-throwing outburst. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch Shields and Brooks Mull Auto Rescue, Blagojevich Scandal Political news took a dramatic turn this week with the corruption charges levied against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Mark Shields and David Brooks mull the Blagojevich story and the debate over aid for automakers. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Zimbabwe’s Cholera Crisis Spurs New Calls for Mugabe to Step Down In the wake of Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, worsening food shortages and political unrest, some international leaders are urging embattled President Robert Mugabe to step down. An analyst provides an update on the situation. Continue watching
Dec 09 Bush Joins Calls for Mugabe to Step Down By PBS News Hour President Bush said in a statement Tuesday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should step down and called for African support to end his "tyranny" as a growing chorus of foreign leaders calls for the embattled leader to quit his post. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Judge to Consider Sept. 11 Suspects’ Confession Offers The alleged architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other suspects said Monday they would plead guilty to terror charges knowing their convictions would carry the death penalty. A Miami Herald reporter examines the developments. Continue watching
Nov 14 G-20 Leadership Information By Admin, PBS News Hour The G-20, which is comprised of leaders and financial officials from industrial and developing countries plus the European Union holds talks on Nov. 15 in Washington's National Building Museum. Following is a look at the group's membership. Continue reading