Jul 19 Watch Stem Cell Veto Makes Private Funding More Essential President Bush's first veto of a bill that would have expanded federal research on embryonic stem cells could affect the state of the research. The NewsHour's health correspondent explains. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Senate Questions Attorney General Gonzales on Wiretapping Program Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that President Bush refused to grant security access to investigators looking into the National Security Agency's phone-tapping program. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch President Bush Threatens to Veto Stem Cell Bill President Bush threatened to use his veto power after the Senate reopened debate Monday on a bill to lift restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Two analysts discuss the medical research implications. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch President Bush's Visit to Russia Highlights Concerns About Russian Democracy President Bush, in St. Petersburg for the G-8 Summit, has recently raised concerns about the direction of Russian democracy. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Poltical Analysts Discuss Middle East, G-8 Summit and Plame Lawsuit Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks look at the Middle East conflict, the upcoming G-8 Summit, the Valerie Plame lawsuit against Dick Cheney and the new policy on terror detainees. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Israel-Lebanon Fighting Broadens Middle East Conflict Israeli troops continued attacks on Lebanon, targeting the Beirut airport and a Hezbollah television station. Hezbollah, in turn, fired over 120 rockets into northern Israel. Analysts look at the chances the violence can be de-escalated. Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Economists Divided over Impact of Improved Deficit Numbers President Bush said larger than expected tax revenue has cut the federal deficit, validating his tax cuts. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Wall Street Journal writer Stephen Moore debate what the new numbers mean for the health of the… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch U.S. to Comply with Geneva Treaty on Detainees In a policy shift outlined in a Pentagon memo, the Bush administration has decided to treat all detainees in compliance with the minimum standard spelled out by the Geneva Conventions. Senators discuss the change. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Political Analysts Discuss President Bush on North Korea, Connecticut Primaries Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss President Bush's tough stance on North Korea at a news conference in Chicago Friday and Joe Lieberman's chances at winning the Democratic bid in the Connecticut primaries. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch New York Times Draws Criticism over Intelligence Stories New York Times executive editor Bill Keller and former National Security Agency Director Adm. Bobby Inman debate the newspaper's decision to publish articles about the Bush administration's surveillance of banking records and other intelligence programs. Continue watching