Sep 17 Watch Warren Spells Out Mission for New Consumer Watchdog Agency President Obama named Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to head a new consumer financial protection agency, but the nomination does not require Senate confirmation -- a move that irked some. Judy Woodruff speaks with banking consultant Bert Ely and UCLA… Continue watching
Sep 17 Gwen’s Take: Who Exactly Are the Bums? With a little more than six weeks left before Americans go to the polls and put us out of our midterm election madness/misery, this year's prevailing political story line got a fresh bump this week: voters want to throw… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Musical Legend Herbie Hancock Fuses Jazz, Global Rhythms Jeffrey Brown catches up with music legend Herbie Hancock, who celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this year and is touring in support of his latest album "The Imagine Project."… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch In Cuba, Hints of Dramatic Change Emerge from Fidel Castro Margaret Warner speaks with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine and Latin America analyst Julia Sweig, who met with Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro in Havana and discussed the shortcomings of the island nation's economic system. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Anti-Establishment Sentiment, Economy Ring Loudly in Latest Primary Battles Political strategists take a closer look at what new primary results could mean for the Republican and Democratic parties as Election Day approaches. Continue watching
Sep 15 RNC Chairman Steele Urges Unity as He Rolls Out ‘Fire Pelosi’ Bus Tour By Quinn Bowman In an immediate effort to heal the Republican party's divisions on display in the Delaware Senate race, RNC Chairman Michael Steele offered his full throated support for the tea party backed victor in the race, Christine O'Donnell. Steele urged party… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Government Allowing Lehman Collapse Still Mysterious 2 Years Later The 2008 downfall of financial giant Lehman Brothers prompted global efforts to avoid another international financial crisis. Two financial reporters, John Cassidy and Andrew Ross Sorkin, talk about what we've learned in the two years since Lehman's collapse and what's… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine ‘Islamaphobia,’ Obama’s Midterm Tax Cut Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze this week's top political stories, including recent anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. and the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts. Continue watching
Sep 10 9 Years of ‘Unbuilding’ the World Trade Center in New York By Travis Daub Sept. 11, 2010, marks nine years since terror attacks struck the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pa., and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. This collection of aerial and satellite photos, taken from 1954 to 2009, reveal both… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 9 Years After 9/11, Has Religious Tolerance Changed in America? Jeffrey Brown moderates a conversation among four religious leaders and experts on the tolerance -- or intolerance -- of different religions and cultures in America, nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue watching