May 24 Watch Search, Rescue Ongoing in Joplin’s ‘Concentrated’ Area of Tornado Damage As the toll from the weekend tornado in Joplin, Mo., increased to 122 dead and 750 missing Tuesday, search-and-recovery crews continued to race to find survivors of the disaster that wiped out much of the city. Gwen Ifill discusses the… Continue watching
May 23 Watch In Joplin, Mo., Tornado Destruction ‘Looks Like an Artillery Barrage’ Missouri Death Toll May Climb After Massive Tornado Rips City… Continue watching
May 23 Joplin, Missouri Left Devastated After Tornado A tornado tore up Joplin, a town in south-western Missouri on Sunday night. At least 89 were killed and over 500 wounded by the powerful storm. It's the latest in a series of deadly storms that have devastated the region… Continue reading
May 04 Watch FEMA Chief Fugate on Challenges of Widespread Storm Recovery Needs The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether to blow up more levees along the Mississippi River after destroying a Missouri levee to save an Illinois town. Judy Woodruff talks with Federal Emergency Management Agency Chief Craig Fugate about the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Playwright Lanford Wilson Discusses His Ozark Roots A conversation with playwright Lanford Wilson from 1999… Continue watching
May 28 Conversation: Debra Granik, Director of Sundance Favorite ‘Winter’s Bone’ By Molly Finnegan In "Winter's Bone" -- originally a novel by Daniel Woodrell and now a film by director Debra Granik -- 17-year-old Ree Dolly must find her troubled father who has disappeared just as he put up the family's house as bail. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch Manufacturer Goes Small in Era of ‘Too Big to Fail’ As part of his ongoing series of reports making sense of the economy, Paul Solman revisits a Missouri manufacturer that has proven small enough to succeed in the era of "too big to fail."… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch Kansas City Plans Massive School Closures as Budget Fix Facing a $50 million deficit, the Kansas City, Mo., school board voted this week to close 29 of the city's 61 public schools. Ray Suarez talks to Superintendent John Covington about the board's decision. Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch With Trade Hub History, K.C. a Crossroads for Commerce Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores Kansas City, Mo., home to one of 12 regional Federal Reserve banks and a crossroads for the U.S. economy. Continue watching
Jun 03 Manufacturing Declines in St. Louis; Financial Industry Looks Promising By Anna Shoup While Detroit gets most of the attention as the center of the American auto industry, the St. Louis area, which had prided itself in being the largest auto manufacturer outside of Detroit, is also taking a big hit. Continue reading