Apr 02 Lawyer to Examine Bales’ Medications at Time of Afghan Killings The attorney for the U.S. soldier charged with killing 17 Afghan civilians on March 11 told the NewsHour he is interested in learning what medications his client, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, was taking at the time of the shootings. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch French Shootings Renew Homegrown Terrorism Worries Mohamed Merah, an accused gunman claiming ties to al-Qaida, was holed up Wednesday in an apartment in Toulouse, France. Merah is suspected in seven homicides. Margaret Warner and The New York Times' Steven Erlanger discuss France's latest terror concerns. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch Crocker: Afghan Killings Were ‘Horrific, Shocking Murders’ In an interview amid escalating U.S-Afghan tensions in the wake of Quran burnings and a civilian massacre allegedly at the hands of a U.S. soldier, Jeffrey Brown and the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, discuss the killings and President… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch Extended Interview: Mental Health Association President Discusses Cho Case Psychologist David Shern is the president and CEO of Mental Health America, an advocacy group formerly known as the National Mental Health Association. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch College Officials Re-evaluate Handling of Troubled Students Following revelations that professors at Virginia Tech had recognized gunman Seung-Hui Cho as troubled long before his rampage Monday, officials and experts consider the role of universities in handling such cases. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Virginia Tech Gunman Mailed Package to NBC Between Shootings Seung-Hui Cho, the student at Virginia Tech University who killed 32 people Monday, mailed a package to NBC News between his two shootings. The NewsHour reports on these developments, including earlier stalking accusations against the gunman. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Technology Helped Virginia Tech Students Connect After Tragedy In the wake of shootings that left 33 members of their community dead, Virginia Tech students went to Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace to memorialize friends and make sense of the carnage. Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch Impact of Virginia Tech Shootings Felt Worldwide Several of the victims in Monday's mass shooting of 32 Virginia Tech faculty and students came from other countries. The NewsHour reports on the local and international reaction to the tragedy. Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch Campus Attempts to Deal with Shooting Aftermath A day after mass shootings left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va., the students and faculty were working on dealing with the aftermath, even as more information about the shooter was becoming available. Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch Police Uncover More Information About Virginia Tech Shooter Police officials released the name of the Virginia Tech shooter, 23-year old student Cho Seung-Hui, who shot and killed 32 students Monday before killing himself in the worst mass shooting in American history. Continue watching