Feb 25 Watch News Wrap: Iraqi Protests for Better Government Services Turn Violent In other news Friday, protests flared across the Arab world with some demonstrations resulting in violence. Iraqis demanding better government services clashed with security forces, and Cairo's Tahrir Square was filled with protesters urging democratic reforms. Protests also continued in… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Govs. Daniels, Schweitzer on Looming Federal Government Shutdown Governors across the U.S. are struggling to balance budgets and slash spending in a tough economic climate. Judy Woodruff talks to Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Democratic Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer about the collective-bargaining battle and what impacts a… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch Getting to Know Gadhafi: Examining the Quirks, Intellect of Libya’s Strongman Jim Lehrer talks about the legacy and personality of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi with longtime Middle East correspondent Jim Hoagland of the Washington Post and the Middle East Institute's David Mack, who was a political officer at the U.S. Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch For Somali Pirates, Killing 4 U.S. Hostages an Abnormal Action Somali pirates killed four Americans who had been taken hostage aboard their yacht as U.S. forces followed the vessel. Gwen Ifill examines the problem of piracy off the Horn of Africa with Martin Murphy, a visiting fellow at the Corbett… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Gov. Walker Rejects Compromise as Wisconsin Union Protests Continue Protests continued in Wisconsin's capitol as Gov. Scott Walker refused to negotiate with striking public employees about collective bargaining rights. Judy Woodruff talks to Jason Stein, capitol reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Boehner’s ‘New World Order,’ Wisconsin Protests Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political news with Jim Lehrer, including the House's spending deliberations, Speaker Boehner's willingness to lose a few battles, fights over government funding and the future of public employee unions and… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch A Month Into ‘Arab Awakening,’ Governments Now ‘Afraid of the Public’ Jeffrey Brown examines the broad themes in the regional upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa with Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars, and University Of Maryland professor Shibley… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Juarez: ‘The Most Lethal Place on Earth’ Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports on Mexico's continuing violent drug wars after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent working with Mexican authorities was killed on Tuesday. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch As Unrest Shakes Middle East, Will Iran’s Opposition Movement Gain Traction? As President Obama urged leaders not to use violence on protesters, hard-line Iranian Parliament members called for anti-government demonstration leaders to be executed. Jeffrey Brown discusses whether protests there will lead to reforms with the New America Foundation's Afshin Molavi… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch A: This Computer Could Defeat You at ‘Jeopardy!’ Q: What is Watson? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien goes head-to-circuit board with IBM's computer Watson on the game show "Jeopardy!" to explore the limits of language and artificial intelligence for machines. Continue watching