Mar 08 Watch Obama Targets Insurers in Health Reform Push During a Monday appearance in Philadelphia, President Barack Obama took on insurance companies and struck back at Republicans in a bid to propel his health reform proposal forward. Ray Suarez talks to two health policy experts. Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Droughts Feed Hunger Crisis and Violence in Sudan Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the humanitarian crisis in the African nation of Sudan, where drought and food shortages are contributing to violence, political instability and death. Continue watching
Mar 04 Children in Sudan Rely on Field Hospital for Food By Larisa Epatko In February, NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro and producer Nicole See visited a Doctors Without Borders hospital in a remote part of southern Sudan, where patients often walk for miles to get treatment. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Obama Directs Congress to Finish Health Care Reform As President Obama pushed for Congress to complete health care reform legislation in the next few weeks, Jim Lehrer talks to Washington Post reporter Ceci Connolly and political analyst Norm Ornstein about the tactics Democrats might use to try to… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch GOP Prepares for Senate Rule Battle on Health Reform President Obama said Wednesday he wants a final up or down vote on health care reform, and Democratic leaders say they are ready to push the measure through without bipartisan support if necessary. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Feb 26 Lima Women Find Opportunity in Knitting Circle By Talea Miller LIMA, PERU -- Each afternoon, in the Santa Rosa slum built into the steep hillside surrounding Lima, a group of 15 women meet to knit. Surrounded by spools of alpaca yarn, they take up their needles and piece together scarves… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Could Budget Reconciliation Buoy Health Reform? As Democrats prepare to move ahead with health reform, Kwame Holman offers a primer on how they may use Senate rules to advance the legislation without Republican support. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch U.N. Under-Secretary General Updates Needs in Haiti Nearly 600,000 people are still without shelter as the rains begin to fall in Port-au-Prince. Ray Suarez speaks to Under-Secretary General John Holmes of the United Nations about Haiti's long journey of rebuilding ahead and the state of the relief… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Health Reform Advocates Target Insurance Rate Hikes Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced they will delay premium hikes for consumers in California's individual insurance market, but reform advocates hope the backlash over the proposed 39 percent rate hike will push Congress to take action? Betty Ann Bowser… Continue watching
Feb 10 Olympic Athletes, Fans Offered H1N1 Vaccination by Host B.C. By Talea Miller British Columbia is offering an interesting gift to athletes and spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Vancouver-- a free H1N1 shot. The campaign is part of Canada's attempt to prevent another wave of the flu virus and keep participants and… Continue reading